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Chapter 5 analyses the challenges to state building in South Sudan following its breakaway. It interrogates the political culture that informs the state-building endeavour, the suitability of federalism and the harmonisation of various state structures.
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Jamie, F.O.M. (2017). State Building in the Republic of South Sudan: Challenges and Aspirations. In: Bereketeab, R. (eds) State Building and National Identity Reconstruction in the Horn of Africa . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39892-1_5
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