Dividing and uniting: The use of citizenship discourses in conflict and reconciliation in Rwanda

Buckley-Zistel, Susanne

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“…the boundaries and content of the political community) is often a matter for dispute (Gibney 2006: 1). At the same time, countless state and nation-building interventions seek to manage plural ethnic, religious, racial and other divisions in a way which is consensual and non-violent (see for example Buckley-Zistal 2006). Alongside this democratic recipe, social and economic development are seen as jointly necessary for establishing successful transitions from warring to peaceful, developed societies.…”

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Ensuring a political space for conflict by applying Chantal Mouffe to post-war reconstruction and development

Jones

2014

Progress in Development Studies

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Post war reconstruction and Development are no longer viewed as separate conceptual or practical domains. This evolving concept is underpinned by a series of assumptions which assert the necessary links between democratisation, economic reform and sustainable peace. This paper builds on critiques of these assumptions by applying Chantal's Mouffe's political philosophy. In particular, the paper will focus on democratisation and the way in which Mouffe's theoretical work leads us to consider a broader space for politics, the constructive role of conflict and the possibility of a more nuanced approach to the nature of post war societies and processes of sustainable peace.

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Section: Conclusion: the Possibilities Of A Political Space For Conflictmentioning

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Ensuring a political space for conflict by applying Chantal Mouffe to post-war reconstruction and development

Jones

2014

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“…A constitutional referendum and general national elections ended this phase in 2003. The RPF introduced an official policy of human equality by authoritatively proclaiming that all citizens are Rwandans (Banyarwanda) and nothing else (Buckley-Zistel 2006). 6 The government successively banned the most influential parties of the pre-genocide period due to their significant responsibility for the genocide or due to alleged non-observation of the Banyarwanda policy before the vote (Niesen 2008).…”

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The Effects of Electoral Institutions in Rwanda: Why Proportional Representation Supports the Authoritarian Regime

Stroh

2009

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While much has been written about the special design of Rwanda's judiciary in order to handle the aftermath of the genocide in 1994, other institutional actions resulting from the 2003 constitution have rarely been addressed in research. However, the second (partial) parliamentary elections in September 2008 revealed some of the implications which the carefully designed electoral system has for Rwanda's political development. As a starting point, the paper emphasises the need to link the debates on institutional design in divided societies with elections in authoritarian regimes. Under different regime types, "institutional engineers" may pursue different goals. The paper concludes that in the case of Rwanda proportional representation (PR) has been implemented to support undemocratic goals. PR limits the local accountability of politicians in a political environment in which the government is not controlled by a democratic opposition. Thus, Rwanda's current PR system facilitates the maintenance of authoritarian power in the country, whereas small constituencies would establish closer links between the local populations and their representatives.

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“…2001, p. 140). 17 This meant that the Tutsi, again as citizens of Rwanda, could participate in the political arena (Buckley-Zistel, 2006a;IPEP, 2000;Mamdani, 2001). For instance, every Rwandan, including the Tutsi, was obligated to become a member of the Mouvement Revolutionnaire National pour le Developpement (MRND), created in 1975, as a single ruling party (Des Forges, 1999;IPEP, 2000;Mamdani, 2001;Prunier, 1995;Sellstrom & Wohlgemuth, 1996).…”

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“…The two main attempts to explain the formulation of the country, as it exists today, hinge on the relationship between the Hutu and Tutsi (Buckley-Zistel, 2006a;IPEP, 2000;Longman & Rutagengwa, 2004;Mamdani, 2001;C. Newbury, 1998).…”

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Ensuring a political space for conflict by applying Chantal Mouffe to post-war reconstruction and development

Ensuring a political space for conflict by applying Chantal Mouffe to post-war reconstruction and development

The Effects of Electoral Institutions in Rwanda: Why Proportional Representation Supports the Authoritarian Regime

The meaning of reconciliation and development in post-genocide Rwanda.

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