Statebuilding and legitimacy in South Sudan
This report uses South Sudan as an example to interrogate people바카라 사이트™s perceptions of the state - what fosters state legitimacy?
Abstract
In 2005, the 바카라 사이트 of Sudan and the Sudan People바카라 사이트™s Liberation Movement / Army concluded a peace agreement, formally ending the 22-year-old civil war. Following a referendum, South Sudan seceded; donors put billions toward the new state and Sudan바카라 사이트™s recovery, supporting 바카라 사이트“ amongst other things 바카라 사이트“ the development of new state institutions for both countries. However, in December 2013, war broke out again in South Sudan.
Prevalent approaches to state building 바카라 사이트“ such as those employed in Sudan and South Sudan from 2005 to 2013 바카라 사이트“ focus mainly on infrastructure and bureaucracy, based on the underlying assumption that service delivery fosters state legitimacy. Recent research, however, questions this assumption, arguing that it ignores the role that political structures, ideas and history play in legitimation or de-legitimation of the state.
This report uses South Sudan as an example to interrogate people바카라 사이트™s perceptions of the state, asking what 바카라 사이트“ if not service delivery 바카라 사이트“ fosters state legitimacy.
This research is part of the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) programme
Citation
Moro, L. Santschi, M. Gordon, R. Dau, P. and Maxwell, D. (2017) Statebuilding and legitimacy in South Sudan. Research Report 15. London: Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium.
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