What is it about?
In Northern Uganda, Public Authority is shared and contested between state institutions, traditional actors, local norms and cosmologies. With such a variety of actors, how are competing claims to public authority legitimised? Damir Kapidžić examines the role of mediation as a form of throughput legitimacy in land conflict-resolution processes in Northern Uganda.
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Why is it important?
Mediation is a common practice in resolving disputes around the world. This article explores how it can be used to legitimise political institutions and create more accountability.
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Link to my blog post about the article: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2018/05/23/how-publicauthority-is-legitimised-by-making-decisions-in-the-right-way/
Damir Kapidžić
University of Sarajevo
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This page is a summary of: Public authority beyond hybrid governance: creating throughput legitimacy in Northern Uganda, Peacebuilding, March 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/21647259.2018.1449187.
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