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Challenges of nation-building, and democratisation in Africa (Anyuak Media)

Published on March 28, 2009 By luounite

BY Omar Kalinge
The first challenge is in the definition. There is no agreed definition of nation-building. A 2003 study by James Dobbins and others for the RAND Corporation defines nation-building as “the use of armed force in the aftermath of a conflict to underpin an enduring transition to democracy.”