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Civil wars and the challenge of neither war nor peace situations Civil wars and the challenge of neither war nor peace situations
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Liberia Liberia
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South Sudan South Sudan
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Cambodia Cambodia
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Ongoing violence and insecurity: negotiating power and authority in post-war societies Ongoing violence and insecurity: negotiating power and authority in post-war societies
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6 Violence and the contestation of the state after civil wars1
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Published:December 2015
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Abstract
The proliferation of civil wars since the end of the Cold War and the rise of peace settlements as a way of ending them has given rise to a new phenomenon in nascent post-war states, namely pervasive low-level violence perpetrated by non-state actors that does not threaten the existence of the state, but undermines its consolidation.This chapter explores the use and purpose of non-state violence in post-civil war contexts, with a particular focus on Liberia, South Sudan and Cambodia. It makes an original, critical assessment of the instrumental nature of this non-state violence in contesting the basic structures and authority of the state.It examines the role that elites, including those embedded in new state structures, play in mobilising such violence, and the ends to which they do so. Finally, it considers mechanisms to address violence, and the extent to which they reflect elite interests. It suggests that the extension of a particular type of state-model to new post-conflict states creates a set of incentives for violence that does not contest the basic existence of the state, but rather its interaction with other forms of political power and authority.
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