caa a22 4500 388044241 CHVBK 20180307125031.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199804 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/524680 doi S0002020600034144 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.2307/524680 Ndikumana Léonce Institutional Failure and Ethnic Conflicts in Burundi [Elektronische Daten] [Léonce Ndikumana] Since the military coup d'état of October 21, 1993 Burundi is experiencing a genocide, albeit at a slow pace, while the leaders engage in a series of ‘dialogue of the deaf.' Meanwhile, half-truths are being told about the causes of the crisis and inappropriate solutions are being proposed for an incorrectly diagnosed structural social malaise. This paper examines the causes of ethnic violence by emphasizing the impact of institutional failure. The ‘privatization' of key institutions such as the military, the judiciary, and the education system by ethnic and regional entities, has resulted in a divorce between state institutions and the population. Violence is created and maintained in a vicious cycle of frustration-claims and counterclaims-and repression as the rulers try to hold on to power while the oppressed categories of the population claim for their fair share in national resources. Restoration of peace and stability will require an extensive reform of key institutions to ensure equity and protection of rights and property for all citizens. Copyright © African Studies Association 1998 African Studies Review Cambridge University Press 41/1(1998-04), 29-47 0002-0206 41:1<29 1998 41 ASR https://doi.org/10.2307/524680 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/524680 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Ndikumana Léonce NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- African Studies Review Cambridge University Press 41/1(1998-04), 29-47 0002-0206 41:1<29 1998 41 ASR CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 234145781 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge