Peace processes and the integration of pro-government militias: The case of village guards in Turkey

Name: Peace processes and the integration of pro-government militias: The case of village guards in Turkey
Author: Paker, Evren Balta, Yuksel, M., Acar, Y. G.

İsim	Peace processes and the integration of pro-government militias: The case of village guards in Turkey
Yazar	Paker, Evren Balta, Yuksel, M., Acar, Y. G.
Basım Tarihi:	2022-01
Basım Yeri	- Sage
Konu	Pro-government militias, Village guards, Peace process, Turkey
Tür	Süreli Yayın
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	0095-327X
Kayıt Numarası	80f298cd-a46d-4c17-9f9d-5ca46f82b12a
Lokasyon	International Relations
Tarih	2022-01
Notlar	Istanbul Policy Center
Örnek Metin	Militia groups have only recently started to attract scholarly attention in the literature on internal conflicts. This attention is mostly focused on either the causes of their emergence or their functions and performance during the conflict. The role of militia groups in post-conflict processes, however, has not been adequately addressed. This article intends to fill this gap by analyzing the case of village guards, a type of pro-government militia system in Turkey, based on qualitative evidence from field research. While the dominant narrative in the literature identifies militia groups as spoilers in peace processes, the article shows that militias do not act as spoilers under certain conditions. In the case of the village guard system in Turkey, the permanent integration of militias into the state's regular military apparatus prevented militia groups from acting as spoilers. It then argues that the permanent integration of wartime militia systems is a consequence of two factors: militia networking and a lack of comprehensive peace-building structures.
DOI	10.1177/0095327X20910769
Cilt	48

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Peace processes and the integration of pro-government militias: The case of village guards in Turkey

Yazar Paker, Evren Balta, Yuksel, M., Acar, Y. G.

Basım Tarihi 2022-01

Basım Yeri - Sage

Konu Pro-government militias, Village guards, Peace process, Turkey

Tür Süreli Yayın

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 0095-327X

Kayıt Numarası 80f298cd-a46d-4c17-9f9d-5ca46f82b12a

Lokasyon International Relations

Tarih 2022-01

Notlar Istanbul Policy Center

Örnek Metin Militia groups have only recently started to attract scholarly attention in the literature on internal conflicts. This attention is mostly focused on either the causes of their emergence or their functions and performance during the conflict. The role of militia groups in post-conflict processes, however, has not been adequately addressed. This article intends to fill this gap by analyzing the case of village guards, a type of pro-government militia system in Turkey, based on qualitative evidence from field research. While the dominant narrative in the literature identifies militia groups as spoilers in peace processes, the article shows that militias do not act as spoilers under certain conditions. In the case of the village guard system in Turkey, the permanent integration of militias into the state's regular military apparatus prevented militia groups from acting as spoilers. It then argues that the permanent integration of wartime militia systems is a consequence of two factors: militia networking and a lack of comprehensive peace-building structures.

DOI 10.1177/0095327X20910769

Cilt 48