For an elaboration on the distinction between what she refers to as the ‘colonial’ and ‘post-colonial’ rationality, see Vivienne Jabri, ‘Peacebuilding, the Local, and the International: A Colonial or a Postcolonial Rationality?’ Peacebuilding 1, no. 1 (2013): 3–16.
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