ABSTRACT Following South Sudan's secession in 2011, the country faced significant political, social and economic challenges. The country emerged from a long andarduous nation-building journey, including almost 50 years of violent conflict, that would continue after declaring independence. This nation-building process would suffer a significant set-back in December 2013 when the most recent civil war broke out. This article provides a new perspective on South Sudan's nation-building trajectory that tends towards violence and complicates peace-building. It does so by utilising the leadership process approach from the Leadership Studies literature. While popular literature and commentary tends to fault the South Sudanese elite for the current crisis, there has not been a systematic effort to understand the leadership challenge and its role in conflict, peace and nation-building in South Sudan. In this article, South Sudan's nation-building process and its three primary components of (a) identity construction, (b) statehood and (c) collective will and responsibility, are analysed from a leadership perspective, focusing on issues of power and influence. The conclusion is reached that South Sudan's nation-building has been and will likely continue to trend towards a violent process due to a leadership process that lacks mutuality and is founded on insufficient sources of power.

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分裂后南苏丹的权力和影响：国家建设的领导视角

摘要 2011 年南苏丹分离后，该国面临重大的政治、社会和经济挑战。该国经历了漫长而艰巨的建国之旅，包括近 50 年的暴力冲突，在宣布独立后还将继续。2013 年 12 月最近的内战爆发时，这个国家建设进程将遭受重大挫折。本文为南苏丹的国家建设轨迹提供了一个新视角，该轨迹倾向于暴力并使和平建设复杂化。它通过利用领导力研究文献中的领导力过程方法来实现。虽然流行文学和评论倾向于将当前危机归咎于南苏丹精英，尚未有系统地了解领导力挑战及其在南苏丹冲突、和平和国家建设中的作用。在本文中，从领导力的角度分析了南苏丹的国家建设过程及其三个主要组成部分（a）身份建设、（b）国家地位和（c）集体意志和责任，重点是权力和影响力问题。得出的结论是，由于缺乏相互性且建立在权力来源不足的领导过程中，南苏丹的国家建设已经并将可能继续趋向于暴力进程。(b) 国家地位和 (c) 集体意志和责任，从领导的角度进行分析，重点是权力和影响力问题。得出的结论是，由于缺乏相互性且建立在权力来源不足的领导过程中，南苏丹的国家建设已经并将可能继续趋向于暴力进程。(b) 国家地位和 (c) 集体意志和责任，从领导的角度进行分析，重点是权力和影响力问题。得出的结论是，由于缺乏相互性且建立在权力来源不足的领导过程中，南苏丹的国家建设已经并将可能继续趋向于暴力进程。