The State of Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Land, Urban Development and State-Building in Juba, Southern Sudan
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-84701-094-0
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Reihe: Eastern Africa Series

Traces the dynamics of state-building in Juba, Southern Sudan 2005-2011, revealing how underlying ties of ethnicity and land dominated the actions of the various parties in post-conflict reconstruction and how these may continue to influence power and resource-sharing in the newly independent state of South Sudan.

Naseem Badiey examines the local dynamics of the emerging capital city of Juba, Southern Sudan, during the historically pivotal transition period following the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Focusing on the intersections of land tenure reform and urban development, she challenges the dominant paradigm of 'post-conflict reconstruction' and re-conceptualizes state-building as a social process underpinned by negotiation. Badiey explores local resistance to reconstruction programmes, debates over the interpretation of peace settlements, and competing claims to land and resources not as problems to be solved through interventions but as negotiations of authority which are fundamental to shaping the character of the 'state'.

While donors and aid agency officials anticipated clashes between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) following the CPA, they did not foresee internal divisions that impeded reconstruction in Southern Sudan, raising serious questions about the viability of an independent state. In Juba local elites interpreted the CPA in line with their economic and political interests, using claims to land, authority and political power to challenge the SPLM's agenda for urban reconstruction. In revealing how local actors strategically interpreted the framework of land rights in Southern Sudan, the book offers a basis for understanding the challenges that confront the nascent South Sudan's state-builders and their international partners in the future.

NASEEM BADIEY is Assistant Professor of International Development andHumanitarian Action at California State University Monterey Bay.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Badiey, Naseem

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The dilemma of 'post-conflict recontstruction' in South Sudan
The momemtum of history
'Rebels' and 'collaborators': integration and reconciliation following the CPA
'Land belongs to the community': competing interpretations of the CPA
The unseeing state: corruption, evasion and other responses to urban planning
Local land disputes: informality, autochthony and competing ideas of citizenship
Conclusion: all statebuilding is local

Über Autor(innen)

NASEEM BADIEY is Assistant Professor of International Development and Humanitarian Action at California State University Monterey Bay.