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Understanding the relation between war economies and post-war crime
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Abstract Even when armed conflicts formally end, the transition to peace is not clear-cut. Mounting evidence suggests that it is rather 'unlikely to see a clean break from violence to consent, from theft to production, from repression to democracy, or from impunity to accountability'. The transition out of w... view more
Even when armed conflicts formally end, the transition to peace is not clear-cut. Mounting evidence suggests that it is rather 'unlikely to see a clean break from violence to consent, from theft to production, from repression to democracy, or from impunity to accountability'. The transition out of war is a complex endeavour, interrelated in many cases with other transformations such as changes in the political regime (democratisation) and in the economy (opening of markets to globalisation). In addition, in the same way as wars and conflicts reflect the societies they befall, post-war orders may replicate and perpetuate some of the drivers of war-related violence, such as high levels of instability, institutional fragility, corruption, and inequality. Thus, even in the absence of a formal relapse into war and the re-mobilisation of former insurgents, many transitional contexts are marked by the steady and ongoing reconfiguration of criminal and illegal groups and practices.... view less
Keywords
post-war period; wartime economy; corruption; drug-related crime; criminality; illegitimacy; democratization; offense; globalization
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Social Problems
Free Keywords
Nachkriegsverbrechen
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 1-8
Journal
Third World Thematics, 3 (2018) 1
Issue topic
War economies and post-war crime
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802014.2018.1457454
ISSN
2379-9978
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed