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2006.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This article explores Namibian state formation and citizenship through the case of ex-combatant ‘reintegration’, particularly its focus on government employment provision since the mid-1990s. It examines the discourses that have motivated the targeting of ex-combatants, the practical measures taken towards ‘reintegration’, and ex-combatants' own initiatives and responses. Analytically it focuses on the implications of ‘reintegration’ for relations between the state and its population or citizens, particularly the drawing of lines of inclusion and exclusion, and the tension that appears between personalised and bureaucratic tendencies of rule.
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