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Reproducing the state? Organising primary education between state and non-state actors in Somaliland

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  • Tobias Gandrup
  • Kristof Titeca

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The Somali education sector had almost collapsed by the time Somalia’s government collapsed in 1991. However, an education sector re-emerged in the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland. Despite limited resources and lacking international recognition as a state, education continues to be provided. This paper sets out to analyse the role played by the state in this process. Although practices of organising primary education provision are largely located outside the state framework, the state continues to be productive for non-state actors in their continuous attempts to deliver education. Despite its distant role, the state is not completely powerless within the organisation of the sector. The paper describes first how the state accumulated sufficient power to be in charge of the education sector. This is followed by three cases unpacking how the state and its power is re-produced between state and non-state actors.

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  • Tobias Gandrup & Kristof Titeca, 2019. "Reproducing the state? Organising primary education between state and non-state actors in Somaliland," Journal of Eastern African Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(4), pages 642-660, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjeaxx:v:13:y:2019:i:4:p:642-660
    DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2019.1646557
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