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The international community' s influence on state-society relations in Angola
29/04/2010 By Sarah-Lea John de Sousa
This paper, part of the European Commission financed 'Initiative for Peacebuilding' project, argues that the international community’s engagement in Angola appears to reinforce, rather than improve, current state-society relations in the de-facto authoritarian system. Foreign actors' economic interests seem to override their commitment to attaining good governance and transparency.
Although there are important entry points for international actors to exert a positive influence, what is still absent is a deeper level of donor commitment from global powers as well as private and public companies and financial entities. An increased engagement would help to overcome the gap between state elite and population and bring about real democratic change in Angola.
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Keywords
Angola Civil society Peacebuilding State buildingRelated publications
- Analysis of the Angola case: conflict and its humanitarian implications
- Angola: empowerment of the few
- Angola: global good governance also needed
Bio author: Sarah-Lea John de Sousa
Sarah-Lea John de Sousa holds an MA in Regional Sciences of Latin America (RWL) from the University of Cologne and is currently studying for a PhD in International Relations at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid. She was formerly a development project manager at the Chuconsultig agency in Germany.
