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Abstract
The physical and social retreat of international interveners behind the walls of ‘bunkered’ aid compounds in (putatively) more remote and dangerous regions of the South has been the focus of growing critical attention in recent years. An increasingly remote and fearful culture of risk aversion and differentiation among Western states and organizations has been largely identified as the driving force behind this set of practices. This article presents a different perspective on the bunkerization phenomenon through focusing on the agency of Southern states in the process. Exploring bunkerization across eastern/central Africa—and in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region in particular—the study emphasizes not only how African states have been key promoters of modern bunkerization, but also how bunkerization behaviour and mentalities have historically characterized how many African borderlands—and contemporary sites of international intervention—have been incorporated into the global state system.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 98-119 |
Journal | Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 15 Dec 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jan 2017 |
Keywords
- Aid bunkerization
- sovereignty
- international intervention culture
- eastern Africa
- agency
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From Data to Knowledge: Understanding peace and conflict from afar
Fisher, J. (Principal Investigator)
Economic & Social Research Council
18/01/16 → 17/01/18
Project: Research Councils
Activities
- 1 Conference, workshop or symposium
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IAS Workshop Knowledge, networks and conflict: How do we know what we know in fragile and conflict-affected states?
Fisher, J. (Chair)
4 Nov 2014Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium