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Decolonising Intervention - International Statebuilding in Mozambique (Hardcover): Meera Sabaratnam Decolonising Intervention - International Statebuilding in Mozambique (Hardcover)
Meera Sabaratnam
R3,349 Discovery Miles 33 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Decolonising Intervention - International Statebuilding in Mozambique (Paperback): Meera Sabaratnam Decolonising Intervention - International Statebuilding in Mozambique (Paperback)
Meera Sabaratnam
R1,083 Discovery Miles 10 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Interrogating Democracy in World Politics (Hardcover): Joe Hoover, Meera Sabaratnam, Laust Schouenborg Interrogating Democracy in World Politics (Hardcover)
Joe Hoover, Meera Sabaratnam, Laust Schouenborg
R3,844 Discovery Miles 38 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is often assumed that democracy is both desirable and possible in global politics. Interrogating Democracy in World Politics provides an important counter-argument to this assumption by questioning the history, meaning and concepts of democracy in contemporary international and global politics. Combining viewpoints from the fields of international relations, political theory and history, the book includes: * Critical examinations of the concept of democracy as a political order and ethical ideal * Assessment of the role and function of democracy in how contemporary political events are understood and evaluated * Analysis of the relationship of democracy to international stability, liberalism and the emergence of capitalist economies The book focuses on the move from the concept of international politics' to world politics', recognising the equal importance of understanding democratic interaction both within and between states. It reviews current scholarly thinking in the field before providing a complex theoretical re-engagement with the meaning of democracy in contemporary world politics. Interrogating Democracy in World Politics will be of interest to students and scholars of politics and international relations, democratization studies and globalization.

A Liberal Peace? - The Problems and Practices of Peacebuilding (Paperback): Susanna Campbell, Professor David Chandler, Meera... A Liberal Peace? - The Problems and Practices of Peacebuilding (Paperback)
Susanna Campbell, Professor David Chandler, Meera Sabaratnam
R1,130 Discovery Miles 11 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Moving beyond the binary argument between those who buy into the aims of creating liberal democratic states grounded in free markets and rule of law, and those who critique and oppose them, this timely and much-needed critical volume takes a fresh look at the liberal peace debate. In doing so, it examines the validity of this critique in contemporary peacebuilding and statebuilding practice through a multitude of case studies - from Afghanistan to Somalia, Sri Lanka to Kosovo. Going further, it investigates the underlying theoretical assumptions of liberal peacebuilding and statebuilding, as well as providing new theoretical propositions for understanding current interventions. Written by some of the most prominent scholars in the field, alongside several new scholars making cutting edge contributions, this is an essential contribution to a rapidly growing interdisciplinary area of study.

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