War Economy, Governance and Security in Syria’s Opposition-Controlled Areas
This paper explores links between the war economy and civilian security by using evidence from the three opposition-held areas in Syria. The study of Eastern Ghouta, Daraa and Atareb shows how different type of behavior by non-state armed groups engaged in criminal war economy, shaped by the broader...
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Centre for Security Governance
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| Series: | Stability : International Journal of Security and Development |
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| author | Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic Rim Turkmani |
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| description | This paper explores links between the war economy and civilian security by using evidence from the three opposition-held areas in Syria. The study of Eastern Ghouta, Daraa and Atareb shows how different type of behavior by non-state armed groups engaged in criminal war economy, shaped by the broader war economy conditions, impacts on the ability of the local populations to address their security predicaments. Our findings will challenge the assumption prevalent in the scholarship on the war economy that civilian security is unequivocally undermined by insurgents’ criminal war economy dealings. We show that in some local contexts a diverse range of economic choices and actors provide the local population with more opportunities to develop coping strategies by engaging in different parts of the war economy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9664db41c0584e6c852838fbc868f8692022-12-22T03:21:11ZengCentre for Security GovernanceStability : International Journal of Security and Development2165-26272018-04-017110.5334/sta.569230War Economy, Governance and Security in Syria’s Opposition-Controlled AreasVesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic0Rim Turkmani1London School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsThis paper explores links between the war economy and civilian security by using evidence from the three opposition-held areas in Syria. The study of Eastern Ghouta, Daraa and Atareb shows how different type of behavior by non-state armed groups engaged in criminal war economy, shaped by the broader war economy conditions, impacts on the ability of the local populations to address their security predicaments. Our findings will challenge the assumption prevalent in the scholarship on the war economy that civilian security is unequivocally undermined by insurgents’ criminal war economy dealings. We show that in some local contexts a diverse range of economic choices and actors provide the local population with more opportunities to develop coping strategies by engaging in different parts of the war economy.https://www.stabilityjournal.org/articles/569 |
| spellingShingle | Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic Rim Turkmani War Economy, Governance and Security in Syria’s Opposition-Controlled Areas Stability : International Journal of Security and Development |
| title | War Economy, Governance and Security in Syria’s Opposition-Controlled Areas |
| title_full | War Economy, Governance and Security in Syria’s Opposition-Controlled Areas |
| title_fullStr | War Economy, Governance and Security in Syria’s Opposition-Controlled Areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | War Economy, Governance and Security in Syria’s Opposition-Controlled Areas |
| title_short | War Economy, Governance and Security in Syria’s Opposition-Controlled Areas |
| title_sort | war economy governance and security in syria s opposition controlled areas |
| url | https://www.stabilityjournal.org/articles/569 |
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