Determinants of Successful Secessions in Post-Colonial Africa: The Case of South Sudan

Troco, Albano Agostinho

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“…In contrast, scholars have cautioned against viewing decentralisation as the panacea for developing democracy and good governance (Cheema 2005, p.121). In certain circumstances, decentralised governance may create authoritarian fiefdoms, aggravate regional inequalities, and even stimulate geographical or ethnic secessionist demands (Troco 2018).…”

Section: The Politics Of Institutionalising Local Electionsmentioning

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Electoral Politics and Political Transition in Post-War Angola: Progress, Problems

Troco¹

2019

JAE

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The southern African nation of Angola was included in the third wave of democratisation which began rolling over the African continent in the late 1980s. Structural political and economic reforms, including multiparty elections, were introduced in Angola as part of a peace settlement designed to set the country on a path to effective democratisation. However, the resumption of the armed conflict in the aftermath of the country's founding elections in 1992 blocked Angola's transition towards the consolidation of a multiparty democratic dispensation. The end of the civil war in 2002 renewed hopes for normal democratic development through a return to electoral politics. Building on the conception of elections as both instruments of democracy and tools of authoritarian rule, this article examines the progress, problems and prospects for democratisation brought about by the resumption of electoral politics in post-war Angola. The analysis of the evidence gathered from qualitative secondary sources suggests that, since the end of the war in 2002, Angola has seen the establishment of electoral hegemony. The MPLA has total dominance of not only the electoral process -its rules, their implementation and adjudication -but also of electoral results, allowing the winner to rule unchallenged. This has subsequently been used to engender other types of political domination, including constitutional and central government hegemony, thus ensuring regime entrenchment.

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Electoral Politics and Political Transition in Post-War Angola: Progress, Problems

Troco¹

2019

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“…Like the various European colonies in Africa, driven by the logic of civilizing mission, the Italian rulers of the new possession, although exploited and alienated the people, brought modernization in the areas of medical service, agriculture, banking, manufacturing, light industry, road and railway system. Troco (2014), in a study on Eritrea notes that, "Italian modernization project led to the modernization of Massawa as well as the expansion of Asmara, the capital city" (p.8). Unfortunately, Italy did not provide the opportunity to prepare the colony of Eritrea for independence.…”

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Secession Outside the Colonial Context: The Birth of Eritrea in Retrospect

Osunkoya

Basiru

2018

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In light of the recent waves of secessionist struggle and conflict in Africa, a number of debates have spurred the possibility of secession outside the colonial context. Sourcing data from documentary materials coupled with the application of historical methods of data analysis, this article reflects on Eritrea's secession from Ethiopia in 1993. The study discusses and argues that Eritrea's feat in 1993 was made possible by certain domestic and external factors that did not present themselves to earlier secessionist movements. It concludes that without those factors that made Eritrea secession possible for its re-invention, furthermore, given that the forces that propelled the 1964 Cairo Agenda are still alive and formidable, secession outside the colonial context in Africa is likely to remain a difficult endeavor.

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Determinants of Successful Secessions in Post-Colonial Africa: The Case of South Sudan

Cited by 2 publications

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Electoral Politics and Political Transition in Post-War Angola: Progress, Problems

Electoral Politics and Political Transition in Post-War Angola: Progress, Problems

Secession Outside the Colonial Context: The Birth of Eritrea in Retrospect

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