Failure of States, Fragility of States, and the Prospects of Peace in South Sudan

Remi Chukwudi Okeke, Adeline Nnenna Idike, Azalahu Francis Akwara, Cornelius O. Okorie and Okechukwu Ibiam

SAGE Open, 2021, vol. 11, issue 2, 21582440211020483

Abstract: This article discusses the concepts of failure of states, fragility of states, and the prospects of peace in South Sudan. The article focuses specifically on judicial structural deformities in South Sudan under the qualitative and normative research methodologies, with structural functionalism as theoretical framework. Where preceding works had concentrated their South Sudanese peace-building recommendations on power-sharing mechanisms, this contribution emphasizes a long-term postviolence focus on the building of governance structures. The work recommends that while mediating in liberation struggles, it is critical for the intervening international community to consider the structures on ground, under which an envisaged independent state would thrive, as the prospects of enduring peace in the war-torn South Sudan are more dependent on the creation of such mechanisms than attempting to reconcile the defiant fighters.

Keywords: failed state; failure of states; fragility of states; fragile state; enduring peace (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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