When the state disappears, who governs?
What happens when communities are forced to govern themselves?
Across conflict-affected contexts, communities are often doing far more than surviving the breakdown or failure of formal institutions.
They are organising, delivering services, making decisions, representing their communities and creating new forms of governance - sometimes long before peace agreements are signed or states are rebuilt.
In this episode of Think Change, we explore what makes these systems legitimate, how movements navigate power and internal tensions, and what allows them to endure. We also ask what governments…
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