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Spoilers or Governance Actors? Engaging Armed Non-State Groups in Areas of Limited Statehood
Working Paper 21
Prof. Ulrich Schneckener - 2009
Armed non-state groups pose a severe challenge for peace- and state-building processes. Depending on the situation, they may act as both spoilers and governance actors. This paper aims at presenting a framework for analysing armed groups as well as forms of engagement for international actors. It first describes various armed groups, which need to be distinguished in order to highlight specific profiles, as ideal types. Secondly, a number of strategies for dealing with these groups will be introduced and discussed by referring to realist, institutionalist and constructivist approaches. Thirdly, the conclusion will point to key problems and limits of these approaches when addressing the spectrum of armed groups. The argument here is that these approaches - despite their differences - by and large are directed to similar profiles of armed groups while other forms of non-state violence are systematically neglected.
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Working Paper 21 |
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Author |
Prof. Ulrich Schneckener |
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Publisher |
SFB 700 |
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Date |
2009 - 10 - 20 |
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Language |
eng |
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Text |
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application/pdf |
