Contemporary violent conflicts often involve armed non-state actors
(ANSAs). Governments and international organisations are usually
hesitant to enter negotiations with ANSAs. This volume analyses which
impacts practices of social recognition have on conflict dynamics in the
short and long term. By studying key asymmetric conflicts through the
prism of recognition, it offers an innovative perspective on the
interactions between ANSAs and state actors. The volume explores: In
which contexts does granting recognition to armed non-state actors
foster conflict transformation? What happens when governments withhold
recognition or label ANSAs in ways they perceive as misrecognition? The
authors examine the ambivalence of recognition processes in violent
conflicts and their sometimes unintended consequences for ANSAs and
local, national, and transnational communities. The volume draws on a
wide range of case studies by experts, original field research, and
innovative theoretical work.
Nessun commento:
Posta un commento