Decolonising Intervention: International Statebuilding in Mozambique
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...
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| 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-446162023-12-20T16:24:13Z Decolonising Intervention: International Statebuilding in Mozambique Meera Sabaratnam JV1-9480 International Relations Postcolonial Politics Colonialism Comparative Politics Identity bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTF Development studies 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. 2021-02-11T11:02:48Z 2021-02-11T11:02:48Z 2019-12-04 12:40:25 2017 book 39255 9781783482757 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/44616 eng Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.rowmaninternational.com/book/decolonising_intervention/3-156-d930bf01-1850-40cd-b54a-3a1ccb7addb7 https://www.rowmaninternational.com/media/1218/9781783482764_web.pdf Rowman & Littlefield International c45b6507-9f4e-44a1-aa37-3aac262ad741 c234cbb7-b563-4f84-9694-4ed2a9523652 9781783482757 184 SOAS, University of London, LSE and Social Research Council of the UK Government (ESRC ES/ F005431/1) open access |
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