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Social Research and Policy in the Development Arena EADIGlobalDevelopmentSeries SeriesEditors: MajaBucar,Vice-DeanandProfessor,FacultyofSocialSciences,Universityof Ljubljana AndyMold,SeniorEconomicAffairsOfficerattheUnitedNationsEconomic CommissionforAfrica The EADI Global Development series reflects the multi-disciplinary character of EADImemberinstitutesandtheassociationatlarge.Theseriesseekstobroadenour understandingoftheprocessesthatadvanceorimpedehumandevelopment,whether fromapolitical,economic,sociologicaloranthropologicalperspective.EADI’smission is to inform students of development, international relations and area studies, the academicandpolicyresearchandteachingcommunity,developmentadministration, professionaltrainingandpractice. Developmentresearchischaracterizedbyitsinterdisciplinaryapproachanditsinter- est in a strong link between theory, policy and practice. 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Titlesinclude: GabrielaDutrénit,KeunLee,RichardNelson,LucSoeteand AlexandreVera-Cruz(editors) LEARNING,CAPABILITYBUILDINGANDINNOVATIONFORDEVELOPMENT PaulHoebinkandLauSchulpen(editors) PRIVATEDEVELOPMENTAIDINEUROPE ForeignAidbetweenthePublicandthePrivateDomain CharlotteLemanskiandColinMarx(editors) THECITYINURBANPOVERTY OndˇrejHorký-HluchánˇandSimonLightfoot(editors) DEVELOPMENTCOOPERATIONOFTHE‘NEW’EUMEMBERSTATES BeyondEuropeanization ElisabettaBasile,BarbaraHarris-WhiteandChristineLutringer MAPPINGINDIA’SCAPITALISM OldandNewRegions MartinDoornbos SOCIALRESEARCHANDPOLICYINTHEDEVELOPMENTARENA CriticalEncounters EADIGlobalDevelopmentSeries SeriesStandingOrderISBN978–1–137–01335–4 (outsideNorthAmericaonly) Youcanreceivefuturetitlesinthisseriesastheyarepublishedbyplacingastanding order.Pleasecontactyourbookselleror,incaseofdifficulty,writetousattheaddress belowwithyournameandaddress,thetitleoftheseriesandtheISBNquotedabove. CustomerServicesDepartment,MacmillanDistributionLtd,Houndmills,Basingstoke, HampshireRG216XS,England Social Research and Policy in the Development Arena Critical Encounters Martin Doornbos EmeritusProfessorofPoliticalScience InternationalInstituteofSocialStudies TheHague ©MartinDoornbos2015 Chapter6©MartinDoornbosandPietTerhal2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-54851-1 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, SaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. 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For Wicky This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgements x ListofAcronyms xi Introduction 1 Thisvolume 6 Provenanceofchapters 14 Part I TheResearch–PolicyNexus 1 MultipleEncounters,MultipleFrictions 19 Introduction 19 Delineatingdistinctspheres 20 Researchfacingpoliticsandpolicy 22 Policyandpoliticsfacingresearch 28 Conflictdynamics:Whatroleforresearchers? 34 Thelimitsofcompetence:Twosidesofempty-handedness 38 2 ConceptualizingAfricanStatehoodandLegitimacy: ShiftingPositionsintheResearch–PoliticsNexus 44 Stateandcrises,statesincrisis 45 Onconceptualizinglegitimacy 48 SomaliaandUganda 53 Changingpoliticalfortunes 57 Theresearchrelationship:Shiftingpositions 61 Concludingremarks 65 3 A‘NegotiatingStatehood’Perspective:Implications forPolicy? 67 Introduction 67 Queriesandobjectives 69 Conceptualreach 70 ‘Negotiatingstatehood’and‘nation-building’ 72 Dynamicdimensions 73 Contrastedcontexts 75 Microandmacrosettings 78 Negationversusnegotiation 82 vii viii Contents Externaldimensionsandinvolvements 83 Limitstonegotiability 85 Conclusion 89 Part II ResearchandPolicy:Complementarities 4 Research-LedPolicyDeliberationinPost-Conflict Contexts:SearchingtoOvercomeInstitutionalGaps 93 Introduction 93 Theproblem 95 Theterrainandtheactors 96 War-tornsocietiesprojectsinEritreaandSomalia 99 Eritrea 102 Somalia 103 Participatorypolicydialogueandtheroleofthestate 105 Concludingreflections:Applicabilitytoothercontexts 106 5 ComplexEmergencies,FoodSecurityandtheNeedfor Research-basedPolicyResponses 109 Introduction 109 ‘Complexemergencies’ 111 ‘Foodsecurity’ 116 Drawingconnections 120 Developingappropriateresponsecapacities 125 Conclusion 132 Part III Research,PolicyandPolitics:Collisions 6 TheLimitsofIndependentPolicyResearch:Analysing theEC–IndiaDairyAidNexus 137 MartinDoornbosandPietTerhal Introduction 137 Internationaldairyaid:Abackground 138 Indiandairydevelopment:TheIDPADproject’sresearch entry 140 Roleconflicts 146 Conclusions 151 7 Academia–PoliticsCollisionsintheAftermathofa Coup:AFijianEncounter 153 Introduction 153 ‘Thingsfallapart’ 154 TheUniversityoftheSouthPacific 159 Abattleofwords 161 Contents ix Crisisandidentities 164 Appraisingtheaftermath 165 8 ReconnoitringaPoliticalMicrocosm:FirstFieldwork inAnkole,Uganda 168 Mbarara 168 Dutchletter 175 Searchingforanexplanation 179 Part IV ByWayofConclusion 9 ResearchingDevelopmentPolicyandPolitics: APersonalRetrospectiveandItinerary 187 Introduction 187 Jayapura 187 Amsterdam 189 Berkeley 190 Kampala 191 TheHague 195 TheHorn 196 RoleofresearchersintheAfricancontext 198 Appreciatingtheglobalcontext 200 Comparativedimensions 201 Pastoralism,landissuesandruraldevelopment 202 India:Studyingdairydevelopment 203 Broaderaspects 207 Inconclusion:Developmentstudiesinretrospect 208 Notes 213 Bibliography 215 Index 226
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