“曾经是战士，永远是战士”？重新审视关于利比里亚前战斗人员网络的假设

IF 1.3 4区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Journal of Modern African Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI:10.1017/S0022278X21000409

Ilmari Käihkö

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摘要

摘要在15个月的民族志实地调查的基础上，本文借鉴军事社会学，重新审视了过去对利比里亚前战斗人员网络的描述，并评估了与之相关的四个核心假设：正式的战时指挥结构在战争结束后很长一段时间内仍作为非正式网络存在；前战斗人员因战时身份而团结在一起，并在一定程度上与周围社会分离；战时经历对前战斗人员产生了重大的惩戒作用；前战斗人员是很好的动员者，在选举和武装冲突中都很容易动员起来。在战争结束近20年后，我发现支持这些假设的证据有限，我最终想知道，将调查范围从前战斗人员扩大到影响该国更多人的结构性问题，对理论界和利比里亚人来说是否更有成效。

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‘Once a combatant, always a combatant’? Revisiting assumptions about Liberian former combatant networks

Abstract Building on 15 months of ethnographic fieldwork, this article draws from military sociology to revisit past portrayals of Liberian former combatant networks and assesses four central assumptions connected to them: that formal wartime command structures continue as informal networks long after the end of the war; that former combatants are united by a wartime identity and form a community to an extent separated from the surrounding society; that wartime experiences have had a major disciplining effect on former combatants; and that former combatants are both good mobilisers and easy to mobilise in elections and armed conflict alike. Finding limited evidence close to two decades after the end of war to support these assumptions, I ultimately ask whether it would be more productive to both theory and Liberians alike to widen investigation from former combatants to structural issues that affect many more in the country.

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Modern African Studies offers a quarterly survey of developments in modern African politics and society. Its main emphasis is on current issues in African politics, economies, societies and international relations. It is intended not only for students and academic specialists, but also for general readers and practitioners with a concern for modern Africa, living and working both inside and outside the continent. Editorial policy avoids commitment to any political viewpoint or ideology, but aims at a fair examination of controversial issues in order to promote a deeper understanding of what is happening in Africa today. The journal also includes an invaluable book review section.