The Governance of Non-State Armed Actors in Failing States
Using the case of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, the article deals with the phenomenon of the governance of non-state armed groups in failing states and the conditions for its emergence. It argues that one of the key requirements for the emergence and long-term preservation of a non-state armed g...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of International Relations Prague
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Czech Journal of International Relations |
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| Online Access: | https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/294 |
| Summary: | Using the case of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, the article deals with
the phenomenon of the governance of non-state armed groups in failing
states and the conditions for its emergence. It argues that one of the key
requirements for the emergence and long-term preservation of a non-state
armed group’s authority is its fulfillment of functions usually associated
with the state (such as the provision of security, public goods and services
and the legitimation of its authority) that the failing state is not able to
provide. The study specifically shows how Hezbollah is able to substitute for
or complement the Lebanese state in each of its functions and
consecutively use the wide network of its governance institutions for
strengthening its political authority. As a result of Hezbollah’s practices and
strategies of governance, the forms of political control of the territory are
being gradually changed and hybridized.
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| ISSN: | 0323-1844 2570-9429 |