Description
About the Author
Tobias Hagmann is a senior program officer at swisspeace and a former associate professor at Roskilde University, studying politics and state-society relations in the Horn of Africa. Finn Stepputat is a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, working on conflict, state sovereignty and the politics of dead bodies.
Reviews
'[The book] offers interesting perspectives on social infrastructure of trade, how commodity trading and marketplaces are governed, the movement of commodities across borders, the significance of ports on state formation, and the political economy of taxation.' -- Wardheer News
'A strong scholarly contribution written by a world-class team of researchers. Trade Makes States is an essential resource for anyone who wants to understand Somalia's economy and politics.' -- Aisha S. Ahmad, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, and author of 'Jihad & Co.: Black Markets and Islamist Power'
'An impressive corpus of research exploring the link between commercial activities and state formation in the broadly understood "Somali economic space". Compelling and refreshingly ambitious.' -- Jose-Maria Munoz, Senior Lecturer in African Studies and International Development, University of Edinburgh
'Riffing on Tilly's famous aphorism, the authors argue that "trade makes states". A trade corridor lens provides an original perspective on state formation in fragile regions by examining how government officials, informal traders, militias, local businessmen, international investors and donors feed into systems of regulatory control in Somalia's fragmented political terrain.' -- Kate Meagher, Associate Professor in Development Studies, London School of Economics
'A richly researched and important addition to literature on governance and economy in Somalia with implications for many other contexts.' -- Jatin Dua, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Book Information
ISBN 9781787387058
Author Tobias Hagmann
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Publisher C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd