Title State-building interventions in post-conflict Liberia : building a state without citizens / Susanne Mulbah

Edition First edition Published London : Routledge, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF Series African governance ; 3 African governance ; 3. Contents The path of the Liberian state from settler colony to failed state -- State-building interventions -- Limited access state -- Electoral democracy -- Regime security or human security -- Rule of law: which law? -- Political economy: from conditionality to concessionary economic policy -- Land rights: "protecting integrity of indigenous land rights"? -- Conclusion -- extractivism, economic rights and legitimacy Summary "Post-conflict Liberia has been subjected to extensive international state-building, at some point hosting the largest and one of the longest UN peacekeeping missions in the world, and inflow of aid that exceeds in multiples the GDP. In ordifer to undiferstand the international state-building efforts in Liberia, it is pertinent to reflect them against the extractive and predatory nature of the Liberian republic, and the central role natural resources exploitation and plantations have played in accommodating transnational interest in the country's abundant natural resources and fertile land. This book focuses on the political economy of Liberian state-building, and in particular the question of the governance of natural resources. By combining a historical perspective and ethnographic knowledge, the author examines a number of interrelated questions: How was access to the state distributed in Liberian state-building? How are those to be governed and their representation included in political economic decision making, and more particularly, in decisions over natural resources governance? This book will be of interest to students and scholars of state-building, international development, African political science and political economy."--Provided by publisher Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 11, 2017) Subject Nation-building -- Liberia Political participation -- Liberia Natural resources -- Liberia -- Management Indigenous peoples -- Liberia -- Politics and government POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. Indigenous peoples -- Politics and government Nation-building Natural resources -- Management Political participation Politics and government SUBJECT Liberia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076462 Subject Liberia Form Electronic book ISBN 9781315177847 1315177846 9781351711609 1351711601

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