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Power-sharing, conflict and transition in Burundi: twenty years of trial and error

Machtteilung, Konflikt und Wandel in Burundi: Zwanzig Jahre Versuch und Irrtum
[journal article]

Vandeginste, Stef

Abstract

For the past twenty years, Burundi has experimented with powersharing as an instrument of political liberalisation, democratisation and conflict resolution. This contribution analyses the different meanings the concept of power-sharing has had throughout Burundi’s recent and extremely violent politi... view more

For the past twenty years, Burundi has experimented with powersharing as an instrument of political liberalisation, democratisation and conflict resolution. This contribution analyses the different meanings the concept of power-sharing has had throughout Burundi’s recent and extremely violent political transition, in particular during the lengthy peace process. It shows how national and international actors have found inspiration in the toolbox of consociationalism to negotiate and design the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for Burundi signed in August 2000 and its posttransition Constitution. Power-sharing has been instrumental in achieving the – short-term – objective of war termination. It has also de-ethnicised political competition and reduced the (potentially) destabilising effect of elections. Measured against more ambitious state-building objectives (democracy, rule of law, accountable and effective governance), power-sharing has (so far) not been able to make a difference. Several factors and developments threaten the “survival” of the power-sharing model in Burundi.... view less


In Burundi wird seit zwanzig Jahren mit Power-Sharing als Instrument politischer Liberalisierung, Demokratisierung und Konfliktlösung experimentiert. Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert, welche unterschiedlichen Bedeutungen das Konzept der Machtteilung in der jüngsten und extrem gewalttätigen Entwick... view more

In Burundi wird seit zwanzig Jahren mit Power-Sharing als Instrument politischer Liberalisierung, Demokratisierung und Konfliktlösung experimentiert. Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert, welche unterschiedlichen Bedeutungen das Konzept der Machtteilung in der jüngsten und extrem gewalttätigen Entwicklungsphase Burundis angenommen hat, insbesondere während des langwierigen Friedensprozesses. Er zeigt auf, inwieweit nationale und internationale Akteure sich bei der Aushandlung und Planung des Arusha-Abkommens zu Frieden und Versöhnung in Burundi, das im August 2000 unterzeichnet wurde, sowie der anschließenden Verfassung am Instrumentarium der Konkordanzdemokratie bedient haben. Power-Sharing erwies sich als nützlich, das kurzfristige Ziel einer Beendigung des Krieges zu erreichen, und trug zur De-Ethnisierung des politischen Wettbewerbs und zur Reduktion (potenziell) destabilisierender Effekte während der Wahlen bei. Gemessen an ambitionierteren Zielen im Sinne des State-Building, wie Demokratie, Rechtsstaatlichkeit, verantwortliche und effiziente Regierungsführung, hat Power-Sharing (bis jetzt) nicht wirklich zu einem Wandel geführt. In Burundi sind zudem verschiedene Faktoren und Prozesse zu beobachten, die das "Überleben" des Machtteilungsmodells gefährden.... view less

Keywords
good governance; liberalization; political change; Burundi; political power; political development; political conflict; peace process; Central Africa; democratization; violence; consociational democracy; conflict management; ethnic conflict; present

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy

Method
descriptive study

Free Keywords
Political Science; Power-sharing; Consociationalism; Government systems; Politische Wissenschaft; Machtteilung; Regierungssystem; Present

Document language
German

Publication Year
2009

Page/Pages
p. 63-86

Journal
Africa Spectrum, 44 (2009) 3

ISSN
1868-6869

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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