Screen LibraryWhen there was no aid : war and peace in Somaliland /
"This book explores how popular discourses about war, peace, and international intervention structure the conditions of possibility to such a degree that even the inability of institutions to provide reliable security can stabilize a prolonged period of peace. It argues that Somaliland's p...
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Cornell University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Ithaca, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This book explores how popular discourses about war, peace, and international intervention structure the conditions of possibility to such a degree that even the inability of institutions to provide reliable security can stabilize a prolonged period of peace. It argues that Somaliland's post-conflict peace is less grounded in the constraining power of its in/formal institutions than it is in a powerful discourse about the country's structural, temporal, and physical proximity to war"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 227 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781501747151 1501747150 |
| Index Number: | DT407 |
| CLC: | K422.5 |
| Call Number: | K422.5/P563 |
| Contents: | Introduction : what if we don't intervene? -- The imperative of intervention -- Somaliland's relative isolation -- Self-reliance and elite networks -- Local ownership and the rules of the game -- War and peace in the independence discourse -- Conclusion : why aid matters less than we think. |