Network analysis in peace and state building: revealing power elites
This paper examines the potential role of network analysis in understanding the powerful elites that pose a significant threat to peace and state-building within post-conflict contexts. This paper makes a threefold contribution. First, it identifies a caveat in the scholarship surrounding internatio...
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| description | This paper examines the potential role of network analysis in understanding the powerful elites that pose a significant threat to peace and state-building within post-conflict contexts. This paper makes a threefold contribution. First, it identifies a caveat in the scholarship surrounding international interventions, shedding light on shortcomings in their design and implementation strategies, and elucidating the influence these elites wield in the political and economic realms. Next, it delineates the essentials of the network analysis approach, addressing the information and data requirements and limitations inherent in its application in conflict environments. Finally, the paper provides valuable insights gleaned from the international operation in Guatemala known as the International Commission for Impunity in Guatemala, which specifically targeted illicit networks. The argument asserts that network analysis functions as a dual-purpose tool—serving as both a descriptive instrument to reveal, identify, and address the root causes of conflict and a predictive tool to enhance peace agreement implementation and improve decision-making. Simultaneously, it underscores the challenge of data analysis and translating network interventions into tangible real-life consequences for long-lasting results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9635a0d2c56a44bf828517e9798135122024-04-09T12:10:47ZengCambridge University PressData & Policy2632-32492024-01-01610.1017/dap.2024.9Network analysis in peace and state building: revealing power elitesIssa Luna-Pla0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1850-0201Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Institute of Legal Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, MexicoThis paper examines the potential role of network analysis in understanding the powerful elites that pose a significant threat to peace and state-building within post-conflict contexts. This paper makes a threefold contribution. First, it identifies a caveat in the scholarship surrounding international interventions, shedding light on shortcomings in their design and implementation strategies, and elucidating the influence these elites wield in the political and economic realms. Next, it delineates the essentials of the network analysis approach, addressing the information and data requirements and limitations inherent in its application in conflict environments. Finally, the paper provides valuable insights gleaned from the international operation in Guatemala known as the International Commission for Impunity in Guatemala, which specifically targeted illicit networks. The argument asserts that network analysis functions as a dual-purpose tool—serving as both a descriptive instrument to reveal, identify, and address the root causes of conflict and a predictive tool to enhance peace agreement implementation and improve decision-making. Simultaneously, it underscores the challenge of data analysis and translating network interventions into tangible real-life consequences for long-lasting results.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2632324924000099/type/journal_articlecorruptiondata analyticsGuatemalanetwork analysispeacestate-building |
| spellingShingle | Issa Luna-Pla Network analysis in peace and state building: revealing power elites Data & Policy corruption data analytics Guatemala network analysis peace state-building |
| title | Network analysis in peace and state building: revealing power elites |
| title_full | Network analysis in peace and state building: revealing power elites |
| title_fullStr | Network analysis in peace and state building: revealing power elites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Network analysis in peace and state building: revealing power elites |
| title_short | Network analysis in peace and state building: revealing power elites |
| title_sort | network analysis in peace and state building revealing power elites |
| topic | corruption data analytics Guatemala network analysis peace state-building |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2632324924000099/type/journal_article |
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