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Fragility within Stability: the state, the clan and resilience in Somaliland (2020)
Journal Article
Richards. (2020). Fragility within Stability: the state, the clan and resilience in Somaliland. Third World Quarterly, 41(6), 1067-1083. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2020.1730693

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.

Statebuilding and the Politics of Non-Recognition (2015)
Book Chapter
Richards, R., & Smith, R. (2015). Statebuilding and the Politics of Non-Recognition. In Recognition in International Relations Rethinking a Political Concept in a Global Context. (1). springer. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137464729_9

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
Richards, R. (2015). Bringing the Outside In: Somaliland, Statebuilding, and Dual Hybridity. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 9(1), 4 - 25. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2014.991074

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
Richards, R. (2014). Understanding Statebuilding Traditional Governance and the Modern State in Somaliland. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

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.