A theory of war economies

Liebenberg, Sybert; Haines, Richard; Harris, Geoffrey

doi:10.1080/10246029.2015.1075412

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“…As the war economy literature suggests, the latter proposition usually involved convincing the potential members that they would be safer inside the organisation than outside. 56 Given the controversial laws and practices of the Sri Lankan state -for example the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA -operational since 1973) and the Code of Criminal Procedure Act (CCPA), both of which were generously applied against the Tamil youth and the suspected LTTE members (as well as for the anti-state Sinhalese youth-led political group of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna) -it might not have required much effort for the LTTE leadership to convince Tamil youth in particular to join the organisation, sometimes even without a monetary incentive. Although many of its economic activities were coerced and quasi-voluntary, the LTTE was able to legitimise these by invoking a sense of Tamil nationalism, outside threat and enemy imagery.…”

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Lost in transition: linking war, war economy and post-war crime in Sri Lanka

Jayasundara-Smits

2018

Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal

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Scholars continue to draw attention to the link between the war economy and postwar crime. The majority of these studies are about cases of civil war that ended with peace agreements. Sri Lanka's civil war ended with a military victory for the state armed forces; thus, it can help shed new light on the above link. Situated in the war economy perspective, this article investigates the dominant types of crimes reported from postwar Sri Lanka and the mechanisms linking them with the war economy. The culture of impunity, continued militarisation and enduring corruption are identified as key mechanisms through which the war economy and postwar bodily and material crime are linked. It suggests, although the 'victors' peace' achieved by state armed forces was able to successfully dismantle the extra-legal war economy run by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, it was responsible for promoting criminality in the postwar period. Overall, this points to the urgency of breaking away from legacies of the state war economy in the postwar period, before introducing programs of longer term political and economic reform.

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Section: Ltte and The Extra-legal War Economy 42mentioning

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Lost in transition: linking war, war economy and post-war crime in Sri Lanka

Jayasundara-Smits

2018

Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal

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“…Yet there may be discrepancies between the official account of action, and actions actually taken. In the case of rebel and militia groups, safe access for the researcher can be problematic, 17 although work on rebel governance and the anthropology of rebellion points to some very brave researchers. 18 The lack of transparency encourages us to explore other evidential trails that may depict the nature of conflict and intervention.…”

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A material turn in International Relations: the 4x4, intervention and resistance

Ginty

2017

Rev. Int. Stud.

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This article explores how analysis of material objects offers insights into international intervention and reactions to that intervention. Building on studies that examine the 4x4 as emblematic of intervention, the article argues that the 4x4 can also be seen as an object of resistance and agency. To do so, it uses the case study of 4x4 usage in Darfur and draws on primary data including interviews and a UN security incident database. The article is mindful of the limitations of a ‘material turn’ in the study of International Relations, especially in relation to how it might encourage us to overlook agency and structural power. While finding new materialism arguments largely convincing, the case study encourages a note of caution and proposes the notion of ‘materialism+’, which allows for the further investigation of the human/non-human interface, but is circumspect about tendencies towards neophilia, dematerialism, and posthumanism.

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The Red Herring of Identity in Africa: Using Identity Conflicts to Capture State Power and Inculcate Economic Avarice in the Central African Republic

Isaacs-Martin

2020

Pan Africanism, Regional Integration and Development in Africa

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A theory of war economies

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Lost in transition: linking war, war economy and post-war crime in Sri Lanka

Lost in transition: linking war, war economy and post-war crime in Sri Lanka

A material turn in International Relations: the 4x4, intervention and resistance

The Red Herring of Identity in Africa: Using Identity Conflicts to Capture State Power and Inculcate Economic Avarice in the Central African Republic

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