The Role of State-Sponsored Militias in Genocide |
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Authors: | Ariel I Ahram |
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Institution: | 1. School of Public &2. International Affairs , Virginia Tech , Alexandria , Virginia , USA |
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Abstract: | This article explains how and why armed, non-state actors collaborate with states to inflict massive levels of violence. Regime type and state capacity interact to provide state elites a menu of repertoires for implementing violence, some emphasizing direct state action, others emphasizing cooperation and alliance between state and armed, non-state actors. Rather than struggling in vain to build strong states to eliminate armed non-state actors and establish a monopoly over the use of force, averting genocide might necessitate recruiting and strengthening the power of indigenous, armed non-state actors. |
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Keywords: | conflict resolution genocide mass violence militias paramilitaries |
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