State Failure and Regional Insecurity
Prosjektet undersøker sammenhengen mellom staters sammenbrudd og den regionale sikkerhetssituasjonen.Samarbeid med forskere fra PRIO. Deltakere
Jens Chr. Andvig
Axel Borchgrevink
Stein Sundstøl Eriksen
Statlige sammenbrudd, manifestert i en stats manglende evne til å opprettholde sitt voldsmonopol, har blitt et utbredt fenomen i flere regioner, inkludert Sentral-Asia/Afghanistan, Kaukasus og Afrika. På samme tid som staters institusjonelle svakheter er et tydelig trekk ved statlige sammenbrudd, finnes det også en viktig internasjonal dimensjon. I mange av disse tilfellene utgjør disse statene deler av regionale komplekser hvor konflikter er sammenvevd og vold går over grensene. Kan fenomenet statlige sammenbrudd forstås bedre gjennom økt fokus på den regionale konteksten? I hvor stor grad kan studier på regional sikkerhet dra fordel av fokus på kapasitetene og sårbarhetene til de involverte statene? Dette er spørsmål som vil bli studert i prosjektet.
Finansiering
Norges Forskningsråd
Publikasjoner
- Borchgrevink, Axel
(2010). State strength on the Ethiopian border: Cross-border conflicts in the Horn of Africa,
in Harpviken, Kristian Berg [ed.], Troubled Regions and Failing States: The Clustering and Contagion of Armed Conflict, Comparative Social Research, Volume 27,
.Bingley,Emerald.s. 171-196.The article analyses conflict dynamics across three of Ethiopia’s borders: with Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan. It argues that differences in conflict dynamics can in part be understood as related to differences in state strength and state presence on both sides of the border. [url] - Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl
(2010). The Theory of Failure and the Failure of Theory: 'State Failure', the Idea of the State and the Practice of State Building,
in Harpviken, Kristian Berg [ed.], Troubled Regions and Failing States: The Clustering and Contagion of Armed Conflict, Comparative Social Research, Volume 27
.Bingley,Emerald .s. 27-50.This article provides a critique of the discourse of 'failed states' and outlines an alternative approach to studying state formation. [url] - Andvig, Jens Chr.
(2010). Corruption and Conflict: Contrasting Logics of Collective Action,
in Harpviken, Kristian Berg [ed.], Troubled Regions and Failing States: The Clustering and Contagion of Armed Conflict, Comparative Social Research, Volume 27
.Bingley, Emerald.s. 77-102.Extensive corruption and civil wars are two different symptoms of state failure, but have most of the time been studied separately. This article systematically compares the organizational characteristics of the two phenomena as well as the various research efforts into them, with a focus on economic explanations. [url] - Ulriksen, Ståle
(2010). Webs of War: Managing Regional Conflict Formations in West Africa and Central Africa,
in Harpviken, Kristian Berg [ed.], Troubled Regions and Failing States: The Clustering and Contagion of Armed Conflict, Comparative Social Research, Volume 27
.Bingley, Emerald.s. 355-380.This article argues that many armed, non-state groups in West Africa and Central Africa should be seen as regional actors, and thus that conventional two-level analysis does not catch the complexity of conflict in those regions. [url]