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.