They are from within us: CVE brokerage in South-central Somalia. Issue 6 (2nd November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gelot, Linnéa; Hansen, Stig Jarle
• Is Part Of: Conflict, security & development. Volume 19:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 563
• Page End: 582
• Publication Date: 2019-11-02
• Subjects: Global militarism -- violent extremism -- deradicalisation -- Somalia -- al-Shabaab; Security, International -- Periodicals; Pacific settlement of international disputes -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Periodicals; World politics -- 1989- -- Periodicals; 322.5
• DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2019.1688961
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1467-8802

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article explores how societal actors in Somalia take part in a transnational politics of countering/preventing violent extremism (CVE/PVE) through a political sociological approach to militarisation. We argue that the transnational politics of CVE represents an extension of global militarism by some states, institutions, donors and brokers. CVE works to adapt global militarism and to reconfigure the global-local relationships that sustain it. We explore the roles and influence of local 'CVE brokers' in deradicalisation efforts in South-central Somalia. They inadvertently merge the counter-terrorism approach to Somali people, values and territory with non-military means. We show that their key practices – co-ordination, translation and alignment – advance, but also disrupt, alter and transform CVE policy objectives.