• Excluding women: the clanization of Somali political institutions 

      Affi, Ladan (CMI Brief no. 2020:9, Report, 2020-07-01)
      Hawa Jibril, a poetess and a long-time activist for Somali women’s rights, identified male elders as a barrier to women’s inclusion in the politics and governance of their society. In her 1962 poem, ‘the ...
    • Restructuring the state: Federalist Dynamics in Nepal 

      Suhrke, Astri (CMI Report R 2014:02, Research report, 2014-06-01)
      Since the end of the civil war in 2006, Nepal has been on the edge of a peaceful but truly revolutionary change to restructure the state along federal lines. The issue has dominated the political discourse, wrecked the ...
    • The economic and social basis for state-restructuring in Nepal 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus; Ringdal, Charlotte (CMI Report R 2013:1, Research report, 2013-02-01)
      Nepal is in the process of forming a federal state, where the borders of the provinces is one essential, but disputed, issue. The report discusses underlying economic and social conditions that should be taken into account ...
    • The paradox of federalism and decentralisation in South Sudan: An instrument and an obstacle for peace 

      Aalen, Lovise (Report, 2019-09-01)
      A power sharing agreement and the inauguration of a new government in South Sudan has been put to a halt. Disagreement on the number of states and local self-government, security issues and the unifying of a national army ...