| ID | 153698 |
| Title Proper | Fettered self-determination |
| Other Title Information | South Sudan’s narrowed path to secession |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Schomerus, Mareike |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The interpretation of self-determination as a vote for secession shaped the state that South Sudan has become since the 2011 referendum. Self-determination, this paper argues, is a democratic political process in which citizens determine their preferred form of statehood and nature of governance for their country. In South Sudan, however, political actors—with international support—established conditions that reduced such complex democratic processes to narrow technical matters. Equating self-determination with secession consolidated political and military domination in a process designed to end such domination. This was done at the expense of a more inclusive, process-oriented and political interpretation of self-determination. |
| `In' analytical Note | Civil Wars Vol. 19, No.1; Mar 2017: p.26-45 |
| Journal Source | Civil Wars Vol: 19 No 1 |
| Key Words | Self-determination ; South Sudan’s Narrowed ; Path to Secession |