Consider Somaliland : state-building with traditional leaders and institutions / / by Marleen Renders.
Can ‘traditional’ leaders and institutions help to build more legitimate, accountable and effective governments in polities or ‘states’ under (re)construction? This book investigates the case of “Somaliland”, the 20-year old non-recognized state which emerged from Somalia’s conflict and state collap...
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| Superior document: | African social studies series, v. 26 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | African social studies series ;
v. 26. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Can ‘traditional’ leaders and institutions help to build more legitimate, accountable and effective governments in polities or ‘states’ under (re)construction? This book investigates the case of “Somaliland”, the 20-year old non-recognized state which emerged from Somalia’s conflict and state collapse. A careful analysis of Somaliland’s political history, it outlines the complex and evolving institutional and power dynamics involving clan elders, militia leaders, guerrilla movements, as well as politicians and civil servants in its emerging state structures. While showing the great potential of endogenous processes, it clearly demonstrates the complexity and the politics of those processes and the necessity to think beyond one-size-fits-all state-building formulas. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 128347073X 9786613470737 9004222545 |
| ISSN: | 1568-1263 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Marleen Renders. |