@article{ref1,
title="Reflections on peacebuilding interventionism: state- and nationbuilding dilemmas in Southern Sudan (2005 to the present)",
journal="Global change, peace and security",
year="2016",
author="Ylönen, Aleksi",
volume="28",
number="2",
pages="213-223",
abstract="In 2005 Southern Sudan emerged from a long period of protracted civil war. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement marked the beginning of a period of post-war peacebuilding concentrating on statebuilding. However, since 2005, the much-needed gradual process of building a unified nation and inclusive national identity has been largely neglected. Instead, there has been emphasis on achieving 'peace-through-statebuilding' that has contributed to a highly exclusive social, economic, and political order dictated by the leadership of the dominant rebel movement turned government, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). This essay reflects on peacebuilding interventionism, and state- and nationbuilding in Southern Sudan since 2005. It argues that this overall process dictated by the SPLM/A leadership, focusing on security and state, excluded the majority of Southern Sudanese from the peace dividend and economic and political opportunities. Further, the exclusive top-down SPLM/A-centric view of the nation marginalized part of the population and contributed to the continuing political instability and armed violence orchestrated by the leading individuals and other military men.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1478-1158",
doi="10.1080/14781158.2016.1159548",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14781158.2016.1159548"
}