Paradoxes of postcolonial police-building: Solomon Islands

Allen, Matthew; Dinnen, Sinclair

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Paradoxes of postcolonial police-building: Solomon Islands

Date

2013

Authors

Allen, Matthew

Dinnen, Sinclair

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

Drawing upon recent fieldwork, we examine the paradoxical effects of the institutional transfer and capacity-building approach adopted by the ongoing regional intervention in post-conflict Solomon Islands. Taking the mission's substantial police-building