RT Article
T1 Illicit markets, violence, warlords, and governance: West African cases
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 52
IS 3
SP 313
OP 322
A1 Reno, William 1962-
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1881575381
AB It is commonly assumed that wartime leaders of illicit commercial networks engage in exploitative behavior and lack popular support. Evidence from West Africa suggests otherwise. Some wartime leaders use their commercial activities in post-conflict situations to build political support among demobilized fighters. Wartime leaders may then use these relationships to launch successful electoral campaigns and to protect themselves from political marginalization or even prosecution for their wartime activities. These developments represent the emergence of new forms of governance outside the framework of imported notions of reform and state-building.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 321-322
K1 Armed Group
K1 Illicit Market
K1 Joint Criminal Enterprise
K1 Popular Support
K1 Niger Delta
DO 10.1007/s10611-009-9199-8