Governance Challenges in the State of Yemen
ISBN:
978-3-7369-7718-1
Verlag:
Cuvillier Verlag
Land des Verlags:
Deutschland
Erscheinungsdatum:
03.01.2023
Format:
Buch
Seitenanzahl:
240
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The concept of governance has gained greater attention from scholars and international organizations as a foundation for growth, particularly to lift developing countries from dire situations and bring more prosperity to the developed world. However, according to the World Bank, Yemen is considered one of the most poorly governed countries in the world. This poor evaluation motivated this study into the challenges to good governance in Yemen and the author’s desire to demonstrate the importance of governance in addressing Yemen’s current critical situation. Despite the extensive literature published on governance, works on Yemen are rare, and there is barely any academic work on governance challenges. This relatively small body of literature encouraged me to examine in depth the obstacles to governance in Yemen.
This study builds a theoretical framework to examine the difficulties of establishing good governance in Yemen by exploring the critical social and institutional challenges vital for good governance. This dissertation poses the following question: What are the challenges to good governance in Yemen, and why and how do they hamper good governance in Yemen? To address this research question, I adopted a qualitative interpretive approach. This analysis is based on information gathered from a variety of sources, including mainly semi-structured formal and informal interviews, observations, governance and government materials, such as international reports, governance manuals, websites, social media posts, and related videos, among others. The findings expose nine dimensions and 21 constructed themes, which scrutinize how and why governance is hampered in Yemen. Overall, this study introduces numbers of contributions to the governance literature by identifying social and institutional challenges and showing how they influence good governance and state-building in the Yemen context. More specifically, this Ph.D. contributes to identifying and discussing the issues that have been ignored in governance literature, such as religion, tribes, supremacy, and the Qat phenomenon, all of which applying the case of Yemen. Finally, the study makes some recommendations for stakeholders to consider, particularly for post-conflict time to aid in post-war reconstruction. This moment is an opportunity to build a state by addressing the current governance challenges, and some suggestions include a transitional phase, the introduction of constitutional and legal reforms, with youth and local community engagement.
Schlagwörter
Governance
Bildung
Populismus
Islamismus
Mangel
Islamism
Vorherrschaft
Instabilität
Ressourcenverschwendung
Geistlicher
Gioia method
Gioia-Methode
state absence
fragile Justiz
State tribalism
clergy populism
myopic democracy
sin of supremacy
Staatsabwesenheit
Stammesausbeutung
fragile judiciary
reaktive Führung
tribal ascendancy
wasting resources
Regierungsführung
reactive leadership
tribal exploitation
eligious superiority
externe Intervention
Stammesüberlegenheit
external intervention
politicizing education
primitive institutions
kurzsichtige Demokratie
poor education outcomes
primitive Institutionen
staatlicher Tribalismus
Sünde der Vorherrschaft
staatliche Gefangennahme
Politisierung der Bildung
judiciary ineffectiveness
religiöse Überlegenheit
Qat non-compliance culture
Qat-Nichteinhaltungskultur
patronage-based leadership
Patronage-basierte Führung
judiciary lacks independence
richterliche Ineffektivität
schlechte Bildungsergebnisse
reactive theocratic leadership
reaktive theokratische Führung
Mischehe von Religion und Politik
institutionalization of corruption
societal accountability deficiency
Institutionalisierung von Korruption
mangelnde Unabhängigkeit der Justiz
gesellschaftliche Rechenschaftspflicht
intermarriage of religion and politics