Decolonising Intervention (eBook)

International Statebuilding in Mozambique

Meera Sabaratnam (Autor)

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2017
184 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield International (Verlag)
978-1-78348-276-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Explores the experiences of intervention in Mozambique to examine the efficacy of colonial approaches to post-crisis statebuilding.

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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 underpinningexternal 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.Click on the Features Tab for Open Access to this title.

Autor

lt;span>Meera Sabaratnam is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at SOAS, University of London.

Inhalt

1. Introduction / 2. Intervention, Statebuilding and Eurocentrism / 3. Strategies for Decolonizing Intervention / 4. The State Under Intervention / 5. Intervention and the Peasantry / 6. Anti-corruption Politics and the Limits of Intervention / 7. Conclusion: Decolonizing Intervention, Decolonizing International Relations

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions
• Zusatzinfo: 2 Illustrations including: - 2 Black & White Illustrations.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Global Governance • Global Justice • International Relations • Political violence • Postcolonial • theory
• ISBN-10: 1-78348-276-1 / 1783482761
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78348-276-4 / 9781783482764