From Emergency to Social Security in Sudan – Part II
The Donor Response
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7280415 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Duffield (0009-0009-5564-6937, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 322-334 |
| Publication date | 1990-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1990.tb01077.x |
| PMID | 20958709 |
| OpenAlex | W2006369530 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
In the first part of this article I examined the crisis of subsistence in Sudan resulting from the commercial development of the North and the war in the South. An attempt was also made to relate the deepening impoverishment that this represents to a decay in governance. There is a tendency amongst donor and government officials, which is reflected in the literature, to regard the unfolding crisis as the transitory result of exceptional circumstances rather than as irreversible and therefore warranting a major revaluation of policy. As a consequence, social security and emergency planning has generally been of an emergency type. In this, the final part of the article, I examine the donor response in more detail. In particular, I argue that the decay of governance is so extensive that a donor‐led system of social security has been imposed on Sudan. This system has a number of characteristics, the most important of which is that it exists in the absence of the political renewal and democratisation that would be necessary for the technical solutions it advocates to be implemented. The result is that donor‐led security, which is typical of the Horn of Africa, proceeds in a relation of antagonism to the sovereign power, a situation which significantly reduces the efficiency of the measures undertaken
Business · Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sovereignty · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Religion, Society, and Development · Finance
Public Action for Social Security
Islam, Nationalism and Communism in a Traditional Society
The Stages of Economic Growth
Poverty and hunger issues and options for food security in developing countries
The role of NGOs in the strengthening of civil society
Sowing the seeds of famine
Prelude to the Mahdiyya
Why are Rural People Vulnerable to Famine
Is Famine Relief Irrelevant to Rural People
The Post-Colonial State
Has Europe Fallen out of Love with the Rest of the World
"Denying "The Honor of Living
Landuse and Development
The effect of drought among the Zaghawa in northern Darfur
Drought and Change in a Tribal Economy
The destruction of natural economy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2025 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |