| Decolonising Intervention: International Statebuilding in Mozambique Contributor(s): Sabaratnam, Meera (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783482745 ISBN-13: 9781783482740 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $161.37 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - African - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy |
| Dewey: 967.905 |
| LCCN: 2016058750 |
| Series: Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.92 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa - Cultural Region - East Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Building, or re-building, states after war or crisis is a contentious process. But why? Sabaratnam argues that to best answer the question, we need to engage with the people who are supposedly benefiting from international 'expertise'. This book challenges and enhances standard 'critical' narratives of statebuilding by exploring the historical experiences and interpretive frameworks of the people targeted by intervention. Drawing on face-to-face interviews, archival research, policy reviews and in-country participant-observations carried out over several years, the author challenges assumptions underpinning external interventions, such as the incapacity of 'local' agents to govern and the necessity of 'liberal' values in demanding better governance. The analysis focuses on Mozambique, long hailed as one of international donors' great success stories, but whose peaceful, prosperous, democratic future now hangs in the balance. The conclusions underscore the significance of thinking with rather than for the targets of state-building assistance, and appreciating the historical and material conditions which underpin these reform efforts. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sabaratnam, Meera: - Meera Sabaratnam is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at SOAS, University of London. She has previously taught at the University of Cambridge and at the LSE, from which she received her PhD and MSc degrees in IR. Her research focuses on practices of international statebuilding and development, decolonizing IR Theory and methods, global history, southern Africa and the Indian Ocean. She is co-convenor of the Colonial / Postcolonial / De-colonial Working Group of the British International Studies Association, and serves on the committees for the Global Development Section and International Political Sociology Section of the ISA. |