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Oligopolies of violence in post-conflict societies

Lambach, Daniel - 2007

In post-conflict societies, security is provided by a broad range of actors including the state as well as various non-state formations. The paper identifies three types of post-conflict societies and analyses dynamics of the security market in cases where international troops have intervened. A...

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Breaking the "insecurity trap"? : How violence and counter-violence are perpetuated in elite power struggles

Mehler, Andreas - 2008

government tries to prevent reentry by all means. This contribution draws a dense picture of elite (in)security in three African … countries (Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia). A comparative analysis of elite security needs and devices is … guards, etc.) in breaking the insecurity trap by providing special elite-protection services is obvious. The record of …

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Fighting for a kingdom of God? : The role of religion in the Ivorian crisis

Vüllers, Johannes - 2011

This paper analyzes the role of religion with regard to the violence experienced during the past 20 years in Côte d'Ivoire. It seeks to explain the differences in the level of violence over time by focusing on religion as an identity marker and as a social force that is mobilizable by religious...

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