War and Statehood in South Sudan

PREFACE
LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES AND TABLES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

I INTRODUCTION
Wartime state-building
The root causes of the civil war and the nature of conflict
Research Question
Approach, Research Design and Data Collection
Chapter Outline
Academic research and literature on Sudan and South Sudan

II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Scientific perspectives on war and civil war
Civil war
Prospects of democracy after civil war
Economic and social functions of violence and civil war
Liberation movements and war economies
The side effects of humanitarian aid and the commercialization of violence
Scientific perspectives on the state, statehood and state-building
Overview
State-in-society
Functional perspectives on the state: fragile statehood and governance in areas of limited statehood
Scientific perspectives on communal conflict
Communal conflict and ethnopolitics
Patterns of conflict and conflict regulation
Theoretical references for the research design

III WAR, STATE AND PROSPECTS FOR PEACEFUL CONFLICT REGULATION
The dynamics of war
The stable war
The history of the war in South Sudan
On the economy of war
Root causes
South-South conflict: between unity and partition
Different realities of the war
A stable war â" parallelism of warlordism and struggle
Politics and administration in the SPLA state
From rebel movement to political transformation
The political vision of the SPLM: separation or transformation?
The weak political elite: ethnic tension and differing political agendas
Militarization and ethnic dominance
Re-militarization and internal struggle
Legitimization of an armed movement through state-building
Conclusion
The aid state
Institutionalization of the aid state
Side effects of humanitarian aid or an integral part of a war economy?
The impact of aid on the state
Is the aid-state filling the governance gap?
Conclusion

IV LOCAL INSTITUTIONS AND STATE â" SOCIETY RELATIONS
Comparative approach
West Equatoria, Yambio
The people
Dynamics of war and patterns of conflict
Local institutions in Yambio and West Equatoria
Bahr el Ghazal, Thiet
People
Dynamics of war in Thiet and Bahr el Ghazal
Local institutions in Thiet and Southern Bahr el Ghazal
Comparative evidence
The SPLM/A as an occupying force
Wartime state-building
Traditional Leaders
Civil society, the churches and spaces of accountability
Mastering relief and development: the role of the international organizations
Conclusion

V LOCAL PEACE PROCESSES IN SOUTH SUDAN
This war is not our own: The People-to-People Peace Process
Introduction
Theoretical considerations
Dynamics of war and patterns of conflict
Peace from below? The People-to-People Peace Process
From Wunlit to Kisumu
The Wunlit Peace Conference
Akobo, Waat and Liliir: No peace on the East Bank
Liliir
From Wulu to Kisumu: Strategic Linkages
A call for Southern unity from Kisumu
Potentials and limits of local peace processes in South Sudan
Chiefs, Churches, and intellectuals
Traditional peace-making?
The role of the NSCC as a third party and ownership
Political and Social Consequences of the Peace Process
Conclusion

VI PEACE AND SELF-DETERMINATION
Peace
Reasons for peace
Strategic dilemmas and new violence
The ROSS â" understanding a new state
Conflicts between militias and the SPLM/A
The Southern state and democracy after independence
A rentier state and centralism
Public administration and centralism
Elections and political conflict in the SPLM/A state
North-south relations after independence
Between cooperation and confrontation
Conclusion

VII CONCLUSION
Civil war and state formation
Communal conflict
War, statehood and aid
The SPLA state: potential for and obstacles to peaceful conflict regulation
Peace and Self-Determination

VIII APPENDIX
Zusammenfassung
List of interviews and communications (selected)
Bibliography
Primary Sources and Media Articles
Books and Articles