par Leclercq, Sidney 
Référence Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 12, 2, page (159-184)
Publication Publié, 2018-08-01
Référence Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 12, 2, page (159-184)
Publication Publié, 2018-08-01
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | This article explores the appropriation dynamics of international statebuilding in Burundi, with a focus on the 2010-15 period. If it is most commonly presented (and debated) as practices leaning towards the achievement of a liberal democracy, this essay argues that international statebuilding can also be used towards undemocratic ends. The central claim is the following: the (most) recent authoritarian trend observed in Burundi by its main political force in government, the National Council for the Defence of Democracy – Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), did not only occur against international statebuilding but also through its appropriation and more specifically, through self-reinforcing subversion tactics of appropriation. The article conceptualises these tactics, examines its factors of emergence and conditions of existence, and presents its main expressions along three major editorial lines of international statebuilding: a pluralist democracy, a vibrant civil society and the respect of the rule of law. |
