Extralegal groups in post-conflict Liberia : how trade makes the state /
In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war, groups of ex-combatants seized control of natural resource enclaves in the rubber, diamond and timber sectors. With some of them threatening a return to war, these groups were widely viewed as the most significant threats to Liberia's hard-won peace....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Summary: | In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war, groups of ex-combatants seized control of natural resource enclaves in the rubber, diamond and timber sectors. With some of them threatening a return to war, these groups were widely viewed as the most significant threats to Liberia's hard-won peace. Building on fieldwork and sociohistorical analysis, this book shows how extralegal groups are driven to provide basic governance goods in their bid to create a stable commercial environment. This is a story about how their livelihood strategies merged with the opportunities of Liberia's postwar political economy. But it is also a context-specific story that is rooted in the country's geography, its history of statemaking and its social and political practices. This volume demonstrates that extralegal groups do not emerge in a vacuum. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-348) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199673346 0199673349 |