Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The National Islamic Front and the Immediate Causes of Conflict in Darfur -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.The Sudan: African microcosm or Arab malaise -- 1.3.The post-colonial state: the broader context -- 1.4.The post-colonial state: theory and method -- ch. 2 Beyond Mainstream Representations of the Conflict in Darfur: Bringing the State Back In -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Genocide, the War on Terror and the framing of the Darfur conflict -- 2.3.Conceptualising the conflict in Darfur -- 2.4.Post-colonialism and the context of international politics -- ch. 3 The Rise and Demise of the Keira Sultanate and the Formation of Sudan -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Darfur: the land and its people -- 3.3.The Keira Sultanate: at `the crossroads of Africa' -- 3.4.Islam and the Keira Sultanate: assimilation and integration in Darfur through Islamisation -- 3.5.The expansion of the Keira Sultanate: slave-trading and state-building --

Contents note continued: 3.6.Trade and power: the pre-colonial economy of Darfur -- 3.7.The decline and conquest of the Keira Sultanate -- 3.8.The Turko-Egyptian occupation, 1874-98 -- 3.9.The defeat of the Turko-Egyptian regime: the Mahdiyya in Darfur -- 3.10.The restitution of the Sultanate under 'Ali Dinar and the British conquest of the Sultanate -- 3.11.The final stand of the last Keira Sultan -- 3.12.Conclusion -- ch. 4 The Construction of the Colonial State in Sudan: Tribalism, Regionalism and Race in Colonial Sudan -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.The formation of the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium -- 4.3.Sudan: Anglo-Egyptian relations in action -- 4.4.Indirect rule and the `thin white line' of the British administration in Sudan -- 4.5.Native administration, tribalism and the construction of ethnic identity in Darfur -- 4.6.The British policy of segregating Darfur -- 4.7.Colonial racial ideology in Sudan --

Contents note continued: 4.8.Colonial religious policy and the consolidation of Mahdism in western Sudan -- 4.9.Economic policy during the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium: Gezira and not much more in 60 years -- 4.10.Conclusion: the colonial legacy in Darfur and Sudan -- ch. 5 The Failure of Sudanese Post-Colonial Politics, 1956-69: Change in Darfur and the Struggle for Inclusion -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.The transition from colonial to post-colonial rule: Sudanese nationalism and Anglo-Egyptian influence -- 5.3.Independent Sudan: towards political and economic crisis -- 5.4.Arab-African identities at independence -- 5.5.The post-colonial politics of centre vs periphery -- 5.6.Regional disparities in Sudan: Darfur's marginalisation -- 5.7.Khartoum-Darfur dynamics, 1956-69 -- 5.8.Conclusion -- ch. 6 The Collapse of the Sudanese State in Darfur: A Prelude to War? -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Dismantling the colonial state? Native Administration and land tenure reform --

Contents note continued: 6.3.Nimeiri's state-building programme: breadbasket to basket-case -- 6.4.The demise of national unity: regionalization and re-ethnicisation in Darfur -- 6.5.The disintegration of the Sudanese economy -- 6.6.Sudan and the war with Chad -- 6.7.Libya in Darfur: the abrogation of responsibility by the Sudanese state -- 6.8.The legacy of the Libyan presence in Darfur -- 6.9.Conclusion -- ch. 7 The NIF and Darfur: The Islamist State Project and the Revolt of Darfur -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.War by proxy in Sudan: the militarization of Sudanese society -- 7.3.The rise of "radical" political Islam in Sudan: the NIF in power -- 7.4.Continuing economic crisis in Sudan: international political economy of a pariah state -- 7.5.Almashrou Alhadari Al-Islami (the Islamic Project for Renewal): power and repression in Sudan -- 7.6.NIF repression in the peripheries: sowing the seeds of war in Darfur --

Contents note continued: 7.7.The fracturing of the NIF-Is Darfur a front in the inter-party conflict? -- 7.8.Conclusion -- ch. 8 Conclusion: The Crisis of the Post-colonial State -- 8.1.Does Darfur have a future in Sudan? -- 8.2.What can be learnt from the conflict for Darfur?.