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From Kanun to Capacity Building: “The Internationals”, Civil Society Development and Security in the Balkans.

Sampson, Steven LU (2003) p.136-157
Abstract
This paper provides an anthropological definition of "security" to discuss the nature of international intervention in the Balkans. Using examples from the author's development work in Albania, it describes how the international project implementation carried on by development NGOs interacts with local customary laws such as the Albanian 'kanun'. Projectization has created new project elites, but the fundamental problems of security and uncertainty will not be solved by creating new Western style NGOs.
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publication status
published
subject
keywords
NGOs, civil society, security, Balkans, Albania, development, capacity building, social anthropology
host publication
International Intervention in the Balkans since 1995
editor
Siani-Davies, Peter
pages
136 - 157
publisher
Routledge
external identifiers
  • scopus:34548262017
ISBN
0415298342
language
English
LU publication?
yes
additional info
author's contact: Steven.Sampson@soc.Lu.se for information on this volume see http://www.questia.com/library/book/international-intervention-in-the-balkans-since-1995-by-peter-siani-davies.jsp
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08ae3bfa-1aea-441f-a126-85d02f62f771 (old id 1146134)
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2016-04-04 11:03:48
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  author       = {{Sampson, Steven}},
  booktitle    = {{International Intervention in the Balkans since 1995}},
  editor       = {{Siani-Davies, Peter}},
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  title        = {{From Kanun to Capacity Building: “The Internationals”, Civil Society Development and Security in the Balkans.}},
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  year         = {{2003}},
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