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Wealth in Ex-Combatants : Examining the Resilience of Ex-Command Structures in Post-War Liberia
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- Themnér, Anders, 1976- (författare)
- Nordiska Afrikainstitutet,Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning,Nord Africa Inst, Uppsala, Sweden,Research Unit,Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning
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- 2019-03-27
- 2019
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of Global Security Studies. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 2057-3170 .- 2057-3189. ; 4:4, s. 526-544
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Abstract
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- Recent research has shown that disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs often fail to uproot wartime command structures. A key question is why some ex-commanders succeed in retaining control over their ex-fighters, while others are less successful. This study seeks to address this question by comparing four former midlevel commanders (ex-MiLCs) in Liberia and the ex-combatant networks that they head. Contrary to previous assumptions, which have stressed the tendency of ex-fighters to flock around ex-commanders operating in spaces of marginality, I argue that ex-MiLCs employed as government brokers and who funnel patronage from ruling elites to ex-combatants are likely to possess the most durable networks. These findings highlight how ex-military bonds thrive where previous research expects them to be weakest: close to government elites who are often designated as “agents of change” by international peacemakers.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science -- Political Science (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- ex-combatants
- DDR
- disarmament
- demobilization
- reintegration
- Liberia
- peacebuilding
- Peace and Conflict Research
- Freds- och konfliktforskning
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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