LEADER 02342nam 2200361z- 450 001 9910367590403321 005 20231214115503.0 035 $a(CKB)4100000010106013 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/44616 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010106013 100 $a20202102d2017 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDecolonising Intervention: International Statebuilding in Mozambique 210 $cRowman & Littlefield International$d2017 215 $a1 electronic resource (184 p.) 225 1 $aKilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions 311 $a1-78348-275-3 330 $aBuilding, 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. 517 $aDecolonising Intervention 610 $aInternational Relations 610 $aPostcolonial Politics 610 $aColonialism 610 $aComparative Politics 610 $aIdentity 700 $aMeera Sabaratnam$4auth$01329496 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910367590403321 996 $aDecolonising Intervention: International Statebuilding in Mozambique$93039514 997 $aUNINA