Author profile: Gizem Yurtseven
State Failure or State Formation? Neopatrimonialism and Its Limitations in Africa
Value-laden concepts like Neo-Patrimonialism and State Failure used to describe African States should be replaced with a framework that emphasizes state formation.
Whose Statebuilding? Western Ideology at the Core of Statebuilding Operations
Statebuilding is a challenging terrain in which Western normative vision of statehood and lack of local ownership contribute to its failure.
