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Feeding the Horse :
Feeding the Horse : Unofficial Economic Activities within the Police Force in the DR Congo
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- Eriksson Baaz, Maria, 1971- (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Nordiska Afrikainstitutet,Conflict, Displacement and Transformation,School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden,Institutionen för globala studier
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- Olsson, Ola, 1971 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics
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- Informa UK Limited, 2011
- 2011
- English.
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In: African Security. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1939-2206 .- 1939-2214. ; December 2011:Issue 4, s. 223-241
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Abstract
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- Based on original interview material, this article addresses the organization of unofficial economic activities within the Congolese (Democratic Republic of the Congo) police force. In contrast to dominant assumptions in security sector reform discourses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in which property violations tend to be portrayed as disorganized, ad-hoc activities, following from irregular and insufficient salaries, the article shows how property violations are highly organized with large portions flowing upward in the chain of command. However, the article also argues for the need to go beyond one-dimensional notions of “unrestrained predation” and simplistic dichotomies between civilians (victims) and police/military (predators). Furthermore, it argues for a more contextual analysis in which the core security sector institutions are situated more firmly in the political and economic context in which they operate.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Security sector reform
- police reform
- property violations
- unofficial economic activities
- corruption
- the Democratic Republic of Congo
- SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Security sector reform
- police reform
- property violations
- unofficial economic activities
- corruption
- the Democratic Republic of Congo
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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