Publication: "Fragility and State-Society Relations in South Sudan" by Kate Almquist Knopf Published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies "To improve state-society relations in the near term, the [South Sudan] government must cease actions that alienate society from the state and focus on three critical tasks: building inclusive coalitions to support key institutional reforms, protecting space for independent voices in order to foster a national dialogue over the priorities for the new state, and achieving some tangible development progress to demonstrate the government’s responsiveness to citizen expectations. While South Sudan has suffered serious setbacks in its quest for state legitimacy during its first years of independence, upcoming foundational state-building processes afford opportunities for the government to reverse the deterioration." africacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ARP-4-EN.pdf Visit the link to get the full publication.
Posted on: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:39:26 +0000