War and statehood in South Sudan

Öhm, Manfred, 2015
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ISBN 978-3-8487-1843-6
Verfasser Öhm, Manfred Wikipedia
Systematik EP - Entwicklungspolitik
Schlagworte bürgerkrieg, sudan, akteur, entstehung, friedensbemühung, geschichte 2000-2005, Südsudan <Staat>, vorgeschichte 2005-2011
Verlag Nomos
Ort Baden-Baden
Jahr 2015
Umfang 235 S.
Altersbeschränkung keine
Reihe Studien zu Ethnizität, Religion und Demokratie
Reihenvermerk 17
Sprache deutsch
Verfasserangabe Manfred Öhm
Annotation Der Autor beschreibt die Geschichte Südsudans während des zweiten sudanesischen Bürgerkrieges (1955-2005) bis nach der Unabhängigkeit 2011. Im Mittelpunkt steht eine empirische Untersuchung zum Zusammenhang von Bürgerkrieg, Staatsaufbau und dem Potenzial für eine friedliche Konfliktregelung. Ein relevantes und aufschlussreiches Buch für Sozialwissenschaftler ebenso wie Praktiker der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit.

Table of Contents:

PREFACE 5
LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES AND TABLES 10
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 11
I INTRODUCTION 15
Wartime state-building IS
The root causes of the civil war and the nature of conflict 16
Research Question 17
Approach, Research Design and Data Collection 19
Chapter Outline 22
Academic research and literature on Sudan and South Sudan 23
II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 31
Scientific perspectives on war and civil war 31
Civil war 31
Prospects of democracy after civil war 35
Economic and social functions of violence and civil war 36
Liberation movements and war economies 38
The side effects of humanitarian aid and the commercialization of violence 39
Scientific perspectives on the state, statehood and state-building 43
Overview 43
State-in-society 45
Functional perspectives on the state: fragile statehood and governance in areas of limited statehood 48
Scientific perspectives on communal conflict 51
Communal conflict and ethnopolitics 51
Patterns of conflict and conflict regulation 56
Theoretical references for the research design 58
ILL WAR, STATE AND PROSPECTS FOR PEACEFUL CONFLICT REGULATION 6I
The dynamics of war 62
The stable war 62
The history of the war in South Sudan 63
On the economy of war 66
Root causes 67
South-South conflict: between unity and partition. 68
Different realities of the war 69
A stable war - parallelism of warlordism and struggle 70
Politics and administration in the SPLA state 71
From rebel movement to political transformation 71
The political vision of the SPLM: separation or transformation? 73
The weak political elite: ethnic tension and differing political agendas 75
Militarization and ethnic dominance 78
Re-militarization and internal struggle 80
Legitimization of an armed movement through state-building 81
Conclusion 82
The aid state 83
Institutionalization of the aid state 84
Side effects of humanitarian aid or an integral part of a war economy? 90
The impact of aid on the state 94
Is the aid-state filling the governance gap? 97
Conclusion 98
IV LOCAL INSTITUTIONS AND STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS 99
Comparative approach 100
West Equatoria, Yambio 101
The people 102
Dynamics of war and patterns of conflict 104
Local institutions in Yambio and West Equatoria 109
Bahr el Ghazal, Thiet 121
People 121
Dynamics of war in Thiet and Bahr el Ghazal 122
Local institutions in Thiet and Southern Bahr el Ghazal 124
Comparative evidence 127
The SPLM/A as an occupying force 129
Wartime state-building 130
Traditional Leaders 132
Civil society, the churches and spaces of accountability 133
Mastering relief and development: the role of the international organizations 134
Conclusion 136
V LOCAL PEACE PROCESSES IN SOUTH SUDAN 139
This war is not our own: The People-to-People Peace Process 139
Introduction 139
Theoretical considerations 141
Dynamics of war and patterns of conflict 142
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Peace from below? The People-to-People Peace Process 145
From Wunlit to Kisumu 145
The Wunlit Peace Conference 146
Akobo, Waat and Liliir: No peace on the East Bank 152
Liliir 155
From Wulu to Kisumu: Strategic Linkages 159
A call for Southern unity from Kisumu 160
Potentials and limits of local peace processes in South Sudan 162
Chiefs, Churches, and intellectuals 162
Traditional peace-making? 164
The role of the NSCC as a third party and ownership 166
Political and Social Consequences of the Peace Process 170
Conclusion 174
VI PEACE AND SELF-DETERMINATION 177
Peace 177
Reasons for peace 178
Strategic dilemmas and new violence 185
The ROSS - understanding a new state 188
Conflicts between militias and the SPLM/A 188
The Southern state and democracy after independence 196
A rentier state and centralism 197
Public administration and centralism 198
Elections and political conflict in the SPLM/A state 200
North-south relations after independence 206
Between cooperation and confrontation 207
Conclusion 210
VII CONCLUSION 213
Civil war and state formation 214
Communal conflict 214
War, statehood and aid 215
The SPLA state: potential for and obstacles to peaceful conflict regulation 216
Peace and Self-Determination 217
VIII APPENDIX 219
Zusammenfassung 219
List of interviews and communications (selected) 221
Bibliography 223
Primary Sources and Media Articles 225
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