"Something is Rotten in the State of [Power-Sharing]": Why We Celebrate the Failures Of Peacebuilding in Burundi and South Sudan

Author(s): Stephen Reimer

Type: Research abstract

Department: Department of Government

Exhibit no: 75


The abstract outlines my Master's dissertation project, where I used a critical discourse analysis based on cognitive dissonance theory to evaluate how and why failures in power-sharing-based peacebuilding are celebrated and excused, using the contexts of Burundi and South Sudan to interpret the longevity of this deficient peacebuilding tool.