In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war, groups of ex-combatants seized control of natural resource enclaves in the rubber, diamond, and timber sectors. With some of them threatening a return to war, these groups were widely viewed as the most significant threats to Liberia's hard-won peace....

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1. Verfasser:	Cheng, Christine 1975- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2018
Ausgabe:	First edition
Schlagworte:	Nationenbildung Rohstoffhandel Liberianischer Bürgerkrieg Civil War (Liberia : 1999-2003) Liberia / Politics and government / 1980- Nation-building / Liberia Natural resources / Liberia Liberia / History / Civil War, 1999-2003 / Peace Nation-building Natural resources Peace Politics and government Liberia Since 1980 History
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Zusammenfassung:	In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war, groups of ex-combatants seized control of natural resource enclaves in the rubber, diamond, and timber sectors. With some of them threatening a return to war, these groups were widely viewed as the most significant threats to Liberia's hard-won peace. Building on fieldwork and socio-historical analysis, this book shows how extralegal groups are driven to provide basic governance goods in their bid to create a stable commercial environment. This is a story about how their livelihood strategies merged with the opportunities of Liberia's post-war political economy. But it is also a context-specific story that is rooted in the country's geography, its history of state-making, and its social and political practices. This volume demonstrates that extralegal groups do not emerge in a vacuum
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 365 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:	9780191755910
DOI:	10.1093/oso/9780199673346.001.0001