Vitenskapelig artikkel
Publisert:
The Dangers of Disconnection: Oscillations in Political Violence on Lake Chad
Skrevet av
Alessio Iocchi
Tidligere ansatt
Red.
Sammendrag:
Narrations on fragility and resilience in the Sahel paint a picture about the region’s inherent ungovernability that lead to consider an endless state- and peace-building process as the most feasible governance solution. Everyday practices of violent entrepreneurship, coalescing with inter-community and land-tenure conflicts, now inform social relations and are transforming moral economies around Lake Chad. While competition over territory suitable for farming, grazing and fishing has intensified, dispute-settlement practices organised by community-level authorities have proven ineffective and lacking the necessary means to respond to the encroachment of a wide range of interests claimed by increasingly powerful actors. Meanwhile, communities organised in self-defence militias are undergoing a process of progressive militarisation that tends to normalise violence and legitimise extra-judicial vigilante justice, further empowering capital-endowed arms suppliers gravitating in the jihadi galaxy, such as the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
- Published year: 2020
- Page count: 1
- Language: English
- Journal: International Spectator
- URL 1: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03932729.2020.1833473?tab=permissions&scroll=top
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Skrevet av
Alessio Iocchi
Tidligere ansatt