There Is No Congo Plagiarism

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POL 1005S Student Name: Peter Courtney Student Number: CRTPET008 Tutor: Grimwood, Zahira Tutorial Group: 27 Assignment: 1 Word count: 633 Plagiarism Declaration 1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another’s work and pretend that it is one’s own. 2. I have used the Harvard convention for citation and referencing. Each contribution to, and quotation in, this essay/report/project/………………… from the work(s) of other people has been attributed, and has been cited and referenced. 3. This essay/report/project/…………………………..…….. is my own work. 4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention of passing it off as his or her own work. Signature ______________________________ There Is No Congo Analysis The crucial attributes that classify statehood are twofold, namely empirical and juridical qualities (Jackson & Carl , 1982). The focus of this essay is to establish that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) does not fulfil the empirical elements of statehood and should not be permitted to fulfil the juridical elements. Empirical analysis focuses on the internal attributes of statehood (Jackson & Carl , 1982). The …show more content…

external recognition of sovereignty) (Jackson & Carl , 1982). Many states bordering the DRC often treat the nation, as it is, a fractured set of disparate leadership; with countries like Rwanda completing military operations within the DRC with little regard to Kinshasa leadership (Herbst & Mills, 2009). Additionally, many of these countries find extracting resources far easier when dealing with the regional powers over the Kinshasa bureaucracy (Herbst & Mills, 2009). This has led many countries to simply ignoring the DRC borders (Herbst & Mills,