Creating room for manoeuvre

Domestic Repertoires of Action in International Post-War Interventions

Bibliographic Data

ID5761443
AuthorsSina Birkholz (0000-0003-4730-5859, Freie Universität Berlin), Tilmann Scherf (Freie Universität Berlin), Ursula C Schroeder (0000-0002-8771-3403, Freie Universität Berlin, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume2
Issue5
Pages621-636
Publication date2017-09-03
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThird World Thematics A TWQ Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2379-9978 • E-ISSN: 2380-2014
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23802014.2017.1347059
OpenAlexW2734621062
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited39

This article contributes to debates about the scope and influence of local agency in international state- and security-building interventions by investigating how domestic intermediary actors create and make use of their room for manoeuvre in intervention processes. The article empirically reconstructs a set of distinct domestic repertoires of action in intervention processes to highlight the different ways in which domestic actors ‘manage’ and ‘push back’ international donors. The article bases its argument on a qualitative study of domestic agency in two post-war political settings that have been exposed to multiple international state- and security-building interventions. It draws on problem-centred and expert interviews conducted in 2015 and 2016 in Côte d’Ivoire and Lebanon to make its case

Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · State-building · Computer Science · International Development and Aid · Law · Medicine · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Public Administration

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