With 44 per cent of Uganda’s voters under the age of 30, the youth vote could prove a game change... more With 44 per cent of Uganda’s voters under the age of 30, the youth vote could prove a game changer in the 2016 general elections, but will it? LSE alumnus Yusuf Kiranda provides analysis.
In December 2013, a violent conflict broke out in South Sudan between former Vice-President Riek ... more In December 2013, a violent conflict broke out in South Sudan between former Vice-President Riek Machar’s rebel-led faction, and President Salva Kiir’s loyalists. Immediate explanations have attributed the mutiny to an internal power struggle between two dominant tribes: the Nuer and Dinka. This paper takes a political economy approach to examining the role of oil rents in contributing to the violent outbreak. Evidence appears to be two-fold: oil rents managed to forge an interregnum for constructive institutional building that partially contributed to the reintegration of various militia factions into the SPLA, which partly resulted in the attainment of South Sudan’s independence in 2011. On the other hand, the perverse incentives that oil rents created, particularly with matching offers from the Khartoum government, occluded the ability of the top leadership of the SPLM/SPLA to carry out the much-needed political reforms, thereby undermining the institutional foundation for peace,...
This paper problematises the paradox of ineffective youth participation in Uganda despite their d... more This paper problematises the paradox of ineffective youth participation in Uganda despite their demographic electoral dominance. The paper argues that ineffective youth participation in political and development processes results from high levels of underemployment, which has fuelled youth poverty and subsequently entrenched clientelistic political systems. The discussion in this paper reinforces the salience of the old debate that links economic democracy to political democracy. Key findings in this paper point to the need to place the unemployment problem at the centre of civil society future advocacy work.
With 44 per cent of Uganda’s voters under the age of 30, the youth vote could prove a game change... more With 44 per cent of Uganda’s voters under the age of 30, the youth vote could prove a game changer in the 2016 general elections, but will it? LSE alumnus Yusuf Kiranda provides analysis.
In December 2013, a violent conflict broke out in South Sudan between former Vice-President Riek ... more In December 2013, a violent conflict broke out in South Sudan between former Vice-President Riek Machar’s rebel-led faction, and President Salva Kiir’s loyalists. Immediate explanations have attributed the mutiny to an internal power struggle between two dominant tribes: the Nuer and Dinka. This paper takes a political economy approach to examining the role of oil rents in contributing to the violent outbreak. Evidence appears to be two-fold: oil rents managed to forge an interregnum for constructive institutional building that partially contributed to the reintegration of various militia factions into the SPLA, which partly resulted in the attainment of South Sudan’s independence in 2011. On the other hand, the perverse incentives that oil rents created, particularly with matching offers from the Khartoum government, occluded the ability of the top leadership of the SPLM/SPLA to carry out the much-needed political reforms, thereby undermining the institutional foundation for peace,...
This paper problematises the paradox of ineffective youth participation in Uganda despite their d... more This paper problematises the paradox of ineffective youth participation in Uganda despite their demographic electoral dominance. The paper argues that ineffective youth participation in political and development processes results from high levels of underemployment, which has fuelled youth poverty and subsequently entrenched clientelistic political systems. The discussion in this paper reinforces the salience of the old debate that links economic democracy to political democracy. Key findings in this paper point to the need to place the unemployment problem at the centre of civil society future advocacy work.
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