| ID | 101176 |
| Title Proper | Troubled state-building in the DR Congo |
| Other Title Information | the challenge from the margins |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Tull, Denis M |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper examines contentious state-society and centre-periphery relations in the DR Congo and their implications for state-building. Since the 2006 post-conflict elections, the state's authority has come under fire in the western province of Bas Congo, where a politico-religious group (Bundu Dia Kongo) has emerged as a serious challenger. Enjoying huge local legitimacy, the group has articulated political grievances that the newly elected central government has violently repressed. As locally perceived, elections are a legitimising tool in the hands of the government to impose its unfettered authority in the name of the state-building project. Furthermore, and backed by donors, the Kinshasa authorities also refuse to implement a wide-ranging decentralisation reform. This has fed disenchantment about post-conflict politics in Bas Congo, boding ill for democratic politics and the prospects of state-building in the DR Congo. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Modern African Studies Vol. 48, No. 4; Dec 2010: p643-661 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Modern African Studies Vol. 48, No. 4; Dec 2010: p643-661 |
| Key Words | Congo ; State-building ; DR Congo |