Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-216) and index.
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.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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