M
Martina Santschi
Researcher at Swisspeace
Publications - 16
Citations - 106
Martina Santschi is an academic researcher from Swisspeace. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Social protection. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 16 publications receiving 99 citations. Previous affiliations of Martina Santschi include University of Bern & Overseas Development Institute.
Papers
More filters
Civil Wars and State Formation: Violence and the Politics of Legitimacy in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire and South Sudan
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on political orders put in place by armed groups, their strategies to legitimise their existence and claim to power, and on the extent to which they manage to institutionalise their military power and transform it into political domination.
Book
Dividing Communities in South Sudan and Northern Uganda: Boundary disputes and land governance
Cherry Leonardi,Martina Santschi +1 more
TL;DR: A detailed exploration of the intricate histories and present realities of demography, ecology, liveli-hoods, social relations and land governance in South Sudan and northern Uganda can be found in this article.
Journal ArticleDOI
The Politics of Customary Law Ascertainment in South Sudan
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the goal of ascertainment was driven more by multiple conflicting political agendas than by the actual needs of litigants, and that the contradictions within the ascertainment strategy were in turn a product of long-standing tensions between local...
Journal ArticleDOI
Trajectories of International Engagement with State and Local Actors: Evidence from South Sudan
TL;DR: In South Sudan, external actors have been engaged in what is now South Sudan from the colonial era through to the present day, providing humanitarian and development assistance and exerting political pressure.