POLI 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Resource Curse, Guerrilla Warfare, Seeking Justice
21 Mar 2017
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Shadow state constructed behind the fa ade laws and government institutions (remo: role of state based on individual power and leaders, a personal rule. Collective violence integral part of state-making (cohen et al 1981: control of material resources from sub-national units, challenges pre-existing structures of rights and obligations, conflict, resistance, and violence often result (eg. europe states) A violent process creation of new expanded order: accumulation of power by the national state. Has to do with the state trying to get in control of resources. Possess a national unit that has control over the resources try to centralize the resources. New states are actually leading into political order, a critical part of their integration. Links the outbreak of collective violence to deprivation: deprived from access to resources or to political power, an explanation focused on fighting to seek justice. Seeking justice for socio-economic and political violence: pluralistic societies ethnic and religious antagonism, greater ethnic and cultural diversity more conflict prone.
