The Local Arena of Power Sharing. Patterns of Adaptation or Continued Disorder

权力共享的地方舞台。

• 批准号: 180156028
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Andreas Mehler
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut für kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung e.V. Freiburg (ABI)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Priority Programmes
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2010-12-31 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/180156028?language=en
• 关键词: Local; Arena; Power; Sharing.; Patterns

The overarching question behind our research is whether powersharing agreements and other related forms of post-conflict reforms have an effect on levels of peace (order ) in former hotspots. These former hotspots, or local arenas is the primary unit of analysis throughout our research, though the focus has shifted. In the first phase we considered the effects of national elite pacts on local peace/order and in the second project phase we are looking at the effects of institutional reform on local peace/order. In the last and final phase we want to shift the focus onto actors, primarily local powerbrokers, and their effects on the reconfiguration of order /ordering practices. By moving from an event (phase 1) to an institution (phase 2) to actor behaviour (phase 3) we can comprehensively map the consolidation of peace in local arenas in post-conflict settings from a variety of angles. Considering actor behaviour, we have two major areas of interest. Firstly, the impact of path-dependency on actor behaviour, including the perception of pre-war determinants, properties of power-sharing pacts and any critical junctures (or at least crucial events) in the post-agreement phase. Secondly, the impact of actors on the (creative and adaptive) reconfiguration of space in post-war contexts, and in turn, the impact of post-war reterritorialisation on power relations. In the final project phase, in light of these new empirical questions, our primary focus will be on reconsidering our already collected empirical data, though in aid of further theoretical consolidation, we plan some final fieldwork in Kenya. In addition, we will also carry out further conceptualisations and theorization of our previous work, namely on adaptation or hybridisation.

我们研究背后的首要问题是权力分享协议和其他相关形式的冲突后改革是否对前热点地区的和平（秩序）水平产生影响。尽管焦点已经转移，但这些以前的热点或局部区域是我们整个研究的主要分析单位。在第一阶段，我们考虑了国家精英契约对当地和平/秩序的影响，在第二项目阶段，我们正在研究机构改革对当地和平/秩序的影响。在最后一个阶段，我们希望将重点转移到参与者（主要是当地的权力掮客）以及他们对订单/订购实践重新配置的影响上。通过从事件（第一阶段）到机构（第二阶段）再到行为者行为（第三阶段），我们可以从多个角度全面描绘冲突后环境中当地和平的巩固情况。考虑到演员的行为，我们有两个主要兴趣领域。首先，路径依赖对行为体行为的影响，包括对战前决定因素的看法、权力分享协议的性质以及协议后阶段的任何关键时刻（或至少是关键事件）。其次，战后背景下行动者对空间（创造性和适应性）重新配置的影响，以及战后重新领土化对权力关系的影响。在项目的最后阶段，鉴于这些新的实证问题，我们的主要重点将是重新考虑我们已经收集的实证数据，尽管为了进一步巩固理论，我们计划在肯尼亚进行一些最终实地考察。此外，我们还将对我们之前的工作进行进一步的概念化和理论化，即适应或杂交。