Outputs (7)

Fragility within Stability: the state, the clan and resilience in Somaliland (2020)
Journal Article

Even in the context of a relatively flourishing state, fragility can be an enduring feature of a political system, particularly in the case of recently established or unrecognised states. This article examines the nature of statebuilding in a specifi... Read More about Fragility within Stability: the state, the clan and resilience in Somaliland.

Development, But on Whose Terms? (2017)
Journal Article

Sixty years of liberal development engagements with African states has had a significant impact upon socio-political relationships and expectations within the state. Societal expectations for the liberalisation of economic-political space are evident... Read More about Development, But on Whose Terms?.

Playing in the Sandbox: statebuilding in the space of non-recognition (2015)
Journal Article

Statebuilding and the Politics of Non-Recognition (2015)
Book Chapter

Palgrave Studies in International Relations Series General Editors: Knud Erik Jørgensen, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark Audie Klotz, Department of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public  ...

Bringing the Outside In: Somaliland, Statebuilding, and Dual Hybridity (2015)
Journal Article

International norms of what it means to be a state dictate domestic policy within developing and unrecognized states but must co-exist with internal demands. With a mutual dependence between internal and external considerations and, indeed, legitimac... Read More about Bringing the Outside In: Somaliland, Statebuilding, and Dual Hybridity.

Understanding Statebuilding Traditional Governance and the Modern State in Somaliland (2014)
Book

Much analysis of state building focusses on dissecting specific projects and attempting to identify what has gone ’wrong’ in states such as Afghanistan and Iraq. What draws less attention is what has gone ’right’ in non-interventionist statebuilding... Read More about Understanding Statebuilding Traditional Governance and the Modern State in Somaliland.

The Road Less Travelled: Self-led Statebuilding and International ‘Non-Intervention' in the Creation of Somaliland (2012)
Book Chapter