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A Village-up View of Sierra Leone’s Civil War and Reconstruction Multilayered and Networked Governance - Research Summary

Vincent, J. B. M.
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Vincent, J.B.M.(2012) 'A Village-Up View of Sierra Leone’s Civil War and Reconstruction: Multilayered and Networked Governance'

Sierra Leone’s bitter civil war saw the collapse of the state to a large degree, while rural governance systems continued to function. While the international community has tended to focus on rebuilding from the centre outwards, this paper analyses the reconstruction from the perspective of local communities and their chiefs.

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