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Stein Sundstøl Eriksen [Head of departement ]

Stein Sundstøl Eriksen
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Head of Departement of Developing Studies. Responsible for the prosject: State formation and the politics of regime survival and the project Slums, States and Citizens: Security, Welfare and Political Participation among the Urban Poor in Delhi, Durban and Nairobi. 

Is also involved in the collaboration programme with PRIO 'Failed states and regional insecurity'. Editor for the journal Agora on philosophy and political theory.

Formal education
[2000]
Dr.Polit, Political Science, University of Oslo: Close links and blurred boundaries
[1992]
Cand.Polit, Political Science, University of Oslo
Professional experience
[2000-]
Research fellow/head of departement, NUPI, Oslo
[1994-2000]
Researcher, NIBR, Oslo
[1992-1994]
Junior Professional Officer, United Nations, New Delhi
 

Publications [vis kronologisk]

Articles (in books and journals)
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2012). Regimes, Constituencies and the Politics of State Formation: Zimbabwe and Botswana Compared,

    in International Political Science Review June 2012; 33 (3)

    .Sage.This article analyses state formation in Botswana and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. It seeks to explain why Botswana became a strong state, while state power in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe has eroded. [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2011). The Possibility of State Formation: the Experience of Botswana in a Theoretical Perspective,

    in European Journal of Development Research, no 1, 2011

    .Pallgrave MacMillan.p. 444-458.This article examines the process of state formation in Botswana in the light of the major theoretical literature on the issue. It is argued that neither the geopolitical nor the fiscal theories of state formation can explain why the state in Botswana became so strong and effective. An alternative framework is outlined, in which state formation is seen as shaped by the relationship between states, regimes and social groups. The formation of a strong state in Botswana became possible because it was compatible with the interests of the ruling regime (politically as well as economically), and because the ruling regime had sufficient power to carry out a project of state strengthening. [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2011). 'State failure’ in theory and practice: the idea of the state and the contradictions of state formation ,

    i Review of International Studies, vol. 37, issue 1

    .British International Studies Association (BISA).p. 229-247.This article provides a critique of the discourse of ‘failed states’, and outlines an alternative approach. [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2010). State Formation and the Politics of Regime Survival: Zimbabwe in theoretical perspective,

    in Journal of Historical Sociology, no 2, 2010

    .Wiley.p. 316-340.This article analyses state formation in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. The main question posed is this: Why has state power eroded so dramatically? To answer this question, the development of the state is analysed in the light of general theories of state formation. In spite of a situation which according to prevailing theories was conducive for the formation of a strong state, Zimbabwe entered a downward spiral, where state power gradually eroded. To explain this, it is necessary to move beyond these theories, and analyse the changing nature of the ruling regime's constituencies. While security threats and sources of revenue are important, their impact on processes of state formation is mediated by the inter-relationship between ruling regimes and their constituencies, which is shaped by society's class structure. [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2010). The Theory of Failure and the Failure of Theory: 'State Failure', the Idea of the State and the Practice of State Building,

    in Harpviken, Kristian Berg [ed.], Troubled Regions and Failing States: The Clustering and Contagion of Armed Conflict, Comparative Social Research, Volume 27

    .Bingley,Emerald .p. 27-50.This article provides a critique of the discourse of 'failed states' and outlines an alternative approach to studying state formation. [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2009). The Liberal Peace Is Neither: Peacebuilding, State building and the Reproduction of Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo,

    in International Peacekeeping, Vol. 16, No. 5, November 2009

    .Taylor & Francis.p. 652-666.This article discusses the attempts at state-building by international actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2009). Liberalisme, sekularisme og staten. Glimt fra en indisk debatt,

    i Agora, vol. 27, nr. 1

    .p. 7-35.Glimt fra den indiske debatten omkring pluralisme og multikulturalisme. [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2007). Nasjonale interesser i utviklingspolitikken ,

    i Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 65, nr. 4

    .Oslo,Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt.p. 113-122.Artikkelen er et innspill i debatten, initiert av UD gjennom "Refleks"-prosjektet, om norsk utenrikspolitikk og norske interesser med spesielt fokus på norsk utviklingspolitikk. [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2006). Bourdieu, nyliberalismen og globaliseringen,

    Agora, vol. 24, nr. 1-2

    .p. 298-317. [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl, Kristen Nordhaug (2006). Politics of survival in the making of weak and strong states,

     Forum for Development Studies , nr. 2,

    .Oslo,NUPI.p. 237-265.. [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2004). Den afrikanske staten: idé og virkelighet,

    i Internasjonal politikk, vol. 62, nr. 4

    .Oslo, NUPI.p. 499-515. [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2004). Krig og statssammenbrudd i Kongo,

    i Internasjonal politikk, vol. 62, nr. 4

    .Oslo, NUPI.p. 539-558.Artikkelen redegjør for Mobutu-regimets utvikling og søker å forklare regimets sammenbrudd. [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2001). The State We're In: Recent Contributions to the Debate on State-Society Relations in Africa ,

    Forum for Development Studies, vol. 28, no. 2

    .Oslo,The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).p. 289-308. [Full-text version] [url]
  • Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2001). What Does Democracy Have to Do with It? van de Walle on Democracy and Economic Growth in Africa,

    Forum for Development Studies, vol. 28, no. 1

    .Oslo,The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).p. 59-68. [Full-text version] [url]
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