Understanding statebuilding : traditional governance and the modern state in Somaliland / by Rebecca Richards

Author: Richards, Rebecca
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate Publishing Company, [2014]
Physical Description: 1 online resource

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.Norms, Ideals and Modern Statebuilding -- 3.Legitimacy and the `Built' State -- 4.The Clan, Governance and the Build-up to Breakdown -- 5.The Emergence of the New State -- 6.The Institutionalisation of the Traditional -- 7.Somaliland at the Crossroads? -- 8.Conclusions.

Summary

Much analysis of state building focusses on dissecting specific projects and attempting to identify what has gone 'wrong' in states such as Afghanistan and Iraq. What draws less attention is what has gone 'right' in non-interventionist statebuilding projects within 'unrecognised' states. By examining this model in more depth a more successful model of statebuilding emerges in which the end goal of modern democracy and good governance are more likely to be realized. Indeed 'states-within-states' such as Somaliland where external intervention in the statebuilding process is largely absent can pr.

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9781472425904 (electronic bk.)
1472425901 (electronic bk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Purchased with funds from the Scott Steinhauer Libraries Collection Endowment for International Studies; 2014

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Scott Steinhauer Libraries Collection Endowment for International Studies

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