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Is There Anybody There? Police, Communities and Communications Technology in Hargeisa 有人在吗?哈尔格萨的警察、社区和通讯技术

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2017-06-29 DOI: 10.5334/STA.491

A. Hills

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Sharia as ‘Desert Business’: Understanding the Links between Criminal Networks and Jihadism in Northern Mali 伊斯兰教法是“沙漠生意”:了解马里北部犯罪网络和圣战主义之间的联系

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2017-06-13 DOI: 10.5334/STA.494

Rikke Haugegaard

引用次数: 8

NGO Presence and Activity in Afghanistan, 2000–2014: A Provincial-Level Dataset 非政府组织在阿富汗的存在和活动，2000-2014:省级数据集

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2017-06-13 DOI: 10.5334/STA.497

D. F. Mitchell

引用次数: 9

Finding the Roads to Justice? Examining Trajectories of Transition for Internally Displaced Women in Colombia 找到通往正义的道路?审视哥伦比亚境内流离失所妇女的过渡轨迹

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2017-06-05 DOI: 10.5334/STA.493

K. Sandvik, Julieta Lemaitre

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引用次数: 2

Stabilisation in the Congo: Opportunities and Challenges 刚果的稳定:机遇与挑战

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2017-04-26 DOI: 10.5334/STA.478

Randi Solhjell, Madel Rosland

引用次数: 4

Out of Reach: How Insecurity Prevents Humanitarian Aid from Accessing the Neediest 遥不可及:不安全如何阻碍人道主义援助到达最需要的人手中

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2017-03-03 DOI: 10.5334/STA.506

Abby Stoddard, Shoaib Jillani, John L. Caccavale, P. Cooke, D. Guillemois, Vassily A. Klimentov

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引用次数: 26

Beyond Gang Truces and Mano Dura Policies: Towards Substitutive Security Governance in Latin America 超越帮派休战和马诺杜拉政策:走向拉丁美洲的替代性安全治理

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2016-12-28 DOI: 10.5334/STA.450

M. Schuberth

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引用次数: 17

Jihadi Groups and State-Building: The Case of Boko Haram in Nigeria 圣战组织与国家建设:博科圣地在尼日利亚的案例

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2016-11-30 DOI: 10.5334/STA.427

S. Ladbury, Hamsatu Allamin, C. Nagarajan, P. Francis, Ukoha Ukiwo

{"title":"Jihadi Groups and State-Building: The Case of Boko Haram in Nigeria","authors":"S. Ladbury, Hamsatu Allamin, C. Nagarajan, P. Francis, Ukoha Ukiwo","doi":"10.5334/STA.427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/STA.427","url":null,"abstract":"The following article considers the extent to which the Nigerian jihadi group, Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), also known as Boko Haram, is transforming its model of governance from domination by violence and force to governance through civil administration and public support. Drawing on over four years of research and programming in north-east Nigeria, the authors consider three aspects of such a transformation: the development of institutions, the propagation of an ideology and programmes to win over the hearts and minds of the wider population, and the role assigned to women and girls. The article finds that JAS has established little in the way of a civilian administration in the areas that have come under its control. Likewise, the movement has apparently made no concerted effort to project a vision of a future society or concrete benefits of the envisaged caliphate that would generate a level of public support. Moreover, the brutal treatment of women and girls belies any attempt by the movement to promote a positive vision of the role of women, even as wives and mothers. In this, JAS is seen to differ from a number of other jihadi movements that have relatively sophisticated approaches to generating popular support and recruiting members. The article goes on to suggest a number of reasons for JAS’s failure to move towards a polity that is more consensual and less dependent on violence, as well as its implications for those who would seek to restrain the expansion and ideological reach of jihadist groups. It concludes by offering suggestions of how the government can seize the opportunity presented by this lack of a state-building strategy, in order to show the people of north-east Nigeria that it can offer a better alternative.","PeriodicalId":44806,"journal":{"name":"Stability-International Journal of Security and Development","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2016-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90554185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 18

Malian Crisis and the Lingering Problem of Good Governance 马里危机与挥之不去的良政问题

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2016-11-30 DOI: 10.5334/STA.457

Jaimie Bleck, Abdoulaye Dembele, S. Guindo

引用次数: 17

Haiti’s Army, Stabilization and Security Sector Governance 海地军队、稳定和安全部门治理

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2016-09-30 DOI: 10.5334/STA.473

G. Burt

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引用次数: 4