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Pulling the Ropes

Convenient Indeterminacies and the Negotiation of Power at Kaya’s Border Checkpoint

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ID20046899
AuthorsLotje De Vries (0000-0002-7766-6033, corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages153-172
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueBorderlands of South Sudan (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137340894_8
OpenAlexW2143993532
ISBN9781137340894
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

This chapter illustrates the performance of state power at two border checkpoints in the triangle between South Sudan, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), using two situations related to ropes hung across the road in Kaya and Bazi in Morobo Counry.1 The ropes constituted southern Sudan's checkpoints with neighboring DRC and Uganda in Bazi and Kaya, respectively.KeywordsLocal PoliceRoad TollTaxation DepartmentPractical NormMilitary IntelligenceThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Democracy · Geography · Negotiation · Physics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · State (computer science) · African history and culture studies · African Studies and Geopolitics · Computer Science · Geology · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Law

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,17
Citation span2014 - 2022 (9)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2

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