Geis / Unknown / Clément Armed non-state actors and the politics of recognition

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5276-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Reihe: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis

This edited volume examines asymmetric conflict dynamics through the politics of recognition vis-à-vis armed non-state actors. It explores a diverse range of case studies and considers the risks and opportunities that (non-)recognition may involve for transforming armed conflicts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Geis, Anna

Clément, Maéva

Pfeifer, Hanna

Clement, Maeva

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Recognition of armed non-state actors: Concepts, theory, history
1 Recognising armed non-state actors: Risks and opportunities for conflict transformation - Maéva Clément, Anna Geis, and Hanna Pfeifer
2 The historical mapping of armed groups’ recognition - Stephan Hensell and Klaus Schlichte

Part II: Recognition during armed conflicts
3 Labelling conflict groups in Nigeria: A comparative study of Boko Haram, Niger Delta, IPOB, and Fulani Militia - Michael Nwankpa
4 ‘Al-Shabaab is part of us’: Endogeneity and exogeneity in the struggle for recognition in Somalia - Harmonie Toros and Arrliya Sugal
5 Shifting recognition orders: The case of the Islamic State - Christoph Günther and Tom Kaden

Part III: Recognition in conflict stalemates
6 The PKK’s zig-zag in its global quest for recognition - Mitja Sienknecht
7 Recognition, respect, and identity in the discourse of China’s Uyghur problem - Chien-peng Chung
8 Recognition dynamics and Lebanese Hezbollah’s role in regional conflicts - Hanna Pfeifer

Part IV: Recognition in mediation and peace processes
9 Ripe through recognition? The case of the Provisional Irish Republican Army - Carolin Görzig
10 Norms and recognition in mediation processes: Promoting inclusivity in the mediation of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in South Sudan - Jamie Pring
11 Mutual recognition in the context of contested statehood: Evidence from Tumaco, Colombia - Jan Boesten and Annette Idler

Part V: Practising recognition: Concluding outlook
12 From rebels to violent extremists: Evolving conflict trends and implications for the recognition of armed non-state groups - Véronique Dudouet
13 Recognition of armed non-state actors: What we have learned and what lies ahead - Harold Trinkunas

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anna Geis, Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

Maéva Clément, University of Osnabrück

Hanna Pfeifer Goethe University Frankfurt and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt