Rebecca Richards' Outputs (4)

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.

Development, But on Whose Terms? (2017)
Journal Article
Richards, R. (2017). Development, But on Whose Terms?. https://doi.org/10.13169/jglobfaul.4.1.0007

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
Richards, R., & Smith, R. (2015). Playing in the Sandbox: statebuilding in the space of non-recognition. Third World Quarterly, 36(9), 1717-1735. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1058149

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.