The Struggle for South Sudan: Challenges of Security and State Formation

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Contributors List of Abbreviations Map of South Sudan Foreword, Paul Collier Introduction, Luka Biong Deng Kuol and Sarah Logan 1. Learning from customary law: Forging ethnic and national identities in South Sudan, Naomi Pendle 2. Governing unclear lines: Local boundaries as a (re)source of conflict in South Sudan, Peter Hakim Justin and Lotje de Vries 3. Constructive management of diversity: A strategy for conflict resolution and nation-building, Francis M. Deng and Daniel J. M. Deng 4. How electoral systems and systems of government can contribute to peace and managing diversity, Sarah Logan 5. The federalism-decentralisation-peace nexus in South Sudan, Luka Biong Deng Kuol 6. Federalism in the history of South Sudanese political thought, Douglas H. Johnson 7. Ethiopian ethnic federalism: A model for South Sudan? John Young 8. Assessing the merits of decentralisation as a conflict mitigation strategy, Joseph Siegle and Patrick O'Mahony 9. Decentralisation and the logic of the political marketplace in South Sudan, Alex de Waal and Naomi Pendle 10. African decentralisation as a power calculation, and its relevance for South Sudan, Lovise Aalen 11. The challenges of macroeconomic stabilisation and poverty alleviation in South Sudan, Nora Dihel and Utz Pape 12. South Sudan's civil service challenges, Barbara Nunberg 13. South Sudan's renewable energy potential: A building-block for peace, David Mozersky and Daniel M. Kammen Conclusion, Luka Biong Deng Kuol and Sarah Logan Index