Somaliland; the viability of a liberal peacebuilding critique beyond state building, state formation and hybridity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13046729 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Njeri (0000-0002-8757-4650, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-50 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peacebuilding (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2164-7259 • E-ISSN: 2164-7267 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21647259.2018.1469341 |
| OpenAlex | W2804098231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 15 |
Somaliland portrays typical characteristics of a liberal peacebuilding context; a post-conflict environment, which peacebuilders are accused of defining as traumatised and dysfunctional. Located within a region that presents security challenges viewed through the lens of the global war on terror, she hosts numerous external actors such as the UN, and INGOs whose impact on the development landscape beyond relief is questionable. However, critical engagement or interest in Somaliland beyond the state building/state formation analysis is limited. I argue that outside this oft cited example, there is need to critically engage with other ongoing processes which have a liberal agenda. This offers both a nuanced critique and highlights the limitations and challenges of interventions within such contexts. The paper draws on empirical research undertaken between 2010 and 2012; other studies and draws on critical liberal peacebuilding literature. It concludes by challenging the limited focus by critics calling for focus on other marginal contexts
Context (archaeology · Dysfunctional family · Geography · Hybridity · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Security studies · Sociology · State (computer science · State-building · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration
Land conflicts and state-society relations in Somaliland
Economic consequences of keeping peace in Afghanistan through Indonesian soft power approach
Hybrid Peace, Hybrid War
Reimaging Subjugated Voice in Africa
Coloniality, modern subjectivities in Kenya and exclusion of African women in preventing violent extremism
Imagining Peace Outside of Liberal Statebuilding
Being and becoming a state
Proximities of Violence
Mine clearance in aid of post conflict peacebuilding; the role of Humanitarian Mine Clearance Pioneer Corps (HMCPC) in Somaliland (1991-1994)
Taxation, Political Accountability and Foreign Aid
Somaliland's post-war reconstruction
Peacebuilding and the politics of non-linearity
The Limits of Liberal Peacebuilding? International Engagement in the Sri Lankan Peace Process
Bringing the Outside In
Justice as Peace? Liberal Peacebuilding and Strategies of Transitional Justice
Neutral in favour of whom? The UN intervention in Somalia and the Somaliland peace process
The Liberal Peace Is Neither
Governance without Government in Somalia
The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations
Situations of fragility and conflict
When less was more
Aid Conditionality as a Tool for Peacebuilding
Beyond Polarity
Limits of hybrid political orders
| Citations per year | 1.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |