The global challenge of militias and paramilitary violence. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Rexton Kan.
• Authors: Kan, Paul Rexton
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: Local Guardians with International Effects; Militias and International Security; Defining Militias; The International Context of Militia Formation; Militias and International Relations; Plan of This Book; Works Cited; Chapter 2: Group Characteristics of Militias; Militia-State Relations; Recruitment of Members; Areas of Operation; Organizational Strength; Militia-Community Relations; Scope and Scale of Militia Violence; The Micropower of Militias; Works Cited; Chapter 3: Militias and State Stability; Fragile States Understanding State FragilityPolitical Indicators; Undermining State Legitimacy and Authority; Subverting Human Rights and the Rule of Law; Fostering Political Patronage Networks; Enabling Warlordism; Economic Indicators; Compromising Public Services and Infrastructure; Increasing Poverty; Intensifying Economic Divisions; Social Indicators; Creating Internally Displaced People; Securitizing Community Values; Human Rights and Democratization; Democracy, Human Rights, and International Peace; Militias and the Concentration of Political Power; Coup-Proofing; Electoral Coercion Subverting Civil-Military RelationsMilitias, State Instability, and Human Insecurity; Works Cited; Chapter 4: Militias, Crime, and Conflict; Illicit Trafficking and Organized Crime; Countering Organized Crime and Gangs; Militias and Illicit Trafficking; Convergence, Entanglement, or Transformation?; Internal Conflicts; Militia-State Relations and Internal Conflicts; Other Militia Group Characteristics and Conflict Protraction; Proxy Wars; Militias as Geopolitical Weapons; A World of Militias; Works Cited; Chapter 5: Militias and the Future; Key Observations and Guiding Assumptions Making Room for MilitiasGuideposts for Scholarship and Policy; Further Areas for Research and Study; Fragile States; Human Rights and Democratization; Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking; Internal Conflicts; Proxy Wars; Looking Forward; Works Cited; Index
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.48/4; Militia movements -- Social aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030130169; 3030130169
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 26, 2019).
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