When there was no aid : war and peace in Somaliland / Sarah G. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Sarah, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian intervention--Somalia.

Humanitarian intervention.

Peace-building--Somaliland (Secessionist government, 1991- ).

Peace-building.

Violence--Somaliland (Secessionist government, 1991- ).

Violence.

Postwar reconstruction--Somaliland (Secessionist government, 1991- ).

Postwar reconstruction.

Somaliland (Secessionist government, 1991- )--Politics and government.

Somaliland (Secessionist government, 1991- ).

Somalia--Politics and government--1991-.

Somalia.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xx, 227 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

War and peace in Somaliland

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This book explores how popular discourses about war, peace, and international intervention structure the conditions of possibility to such a degree that even the inability of institutions to provide reliable security can stabilize a prolonged period of peace. It argues that Somaliland's post-conflict peace is less grounded in the constraining power of its in/formal institutions than it is in a powerful discourse about the country's structural, temporal, and physical proximity to war"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : what if we don't intervene?

The imperative of intervention

Somaliland's relative isolation

Self-reliance and elite networks

Local ownership and the rules of the game

War and peace in the independence discourse

Conclusion : why aid matters less than we think.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Phillips, Sarah, 1977- When there was no aid

ISBN:

9781501747151

1501747150

OCLC:

1102644734