When 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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Main Author: Phillips, Sarah, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
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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"--
Physical Description:xx, 227 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501747151
1501747150