Mobility control as state-making in civil war: Forcing exit, selective return and strategic laissez-faire
Autor: | Fröhlich, Christiane, Müller-Funk, Lea |
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Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Staatsformen und Regierungssysteme
Politikwissenschaft Systems of governments & states Political science Mobilitätskontrolle Staat staatliche Organisationsformen Friedens- und Konfliktforschung Sicherheitspolitik Political System Constitution Government Peace and Conflict Research International Conflicts Security Policy Krieg Bürgerkrieg Mobilität Kontrolle Regulierung Staatenbildung Prozess Diaspora Migrationspolitik Migration Auswanderung Libyen Syrien Libanon Tunesien war civil war mobility control regulation state formation process diaspora migration policy migration emigration Libya Syria Lebanon Tunisia 10500 |
Zdroj: | Migration Politics, 2, 1, 1-28 |
Druh dokumentu: | Zeitschriftenartikel<br />journal article |
ISSN: | 2949-8872 |
DOI: | 10.21468/MigPol.2.1.001 |
Popis: | This paper addresses the question of how different actors attempt to control mobility during civil war, and how mobility control and processes of state-making interact in such settings. Mobility in civil wars is often considered a political act by the various actors involved: Leaving the country can be perceived as an act of opposition, as can moving between territories which are controlled by different, opposing factions. Drawing on literature on strategic displacement and migration politics and combining this with empirical insights from the ongoing wars in Libya and Syria, the paper identifies three mechanisms of mobility control in civil war settings: forcing exit, selective return as a form of expulsion, and strategic laissez-faire as the intentional absence of regulation regarding displacement and return. The analysis reveals that all three mechanisms are employed by state actor(s), rebels, and militias, and can be understood as elements of a new (post)war order that includes some citizens while excluding others depending on perceptions of political threats. We interpret the three mechanisms as ways in which actors in civil war settings attempt to manipulate a country’s demography in their own favour in a process of state-making. The paper is based on fieldwork conducted between 2018 and 2021 in Syria, Lebanon, Libya, and Tunisia. |
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