Security in the absence of a State: traditional authority, livestock trading, and maritime piracy in Somalia

Without a strong state, how do institutions emerge to limit the impact of one group’s predation on another’s economic activities? Motivated by the case of northern Somalia, we develop a model that highlights the monitoring challenges that groups face in making cooperation self-enforcing, and two key...

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Main Authors: Acharya, A, Harding, R, Harris, JA
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2020