Towards effective and legitimate governance: states emerging from hybrid political orders: Solomon Islands report

Abstract

The enhancement of state effectiveness should begin paradoxically with an understanding of the diverse communities that constitute each state system. Shifting the focus from state institutions and analyzing sources of community strength, resilience and security (and the traditional values, customs, beliefs that underpin them) will help generate a better sense of “grounded legitimacy” which is a pre-requisite for the development of more effective political and judicial institutions in post colonial states.