Login

 


 
     
Limit to available items
Record:   Prev Next
book jacket
BOOK
Title Living by the gun in Chad : combatants, impunity and state formation / Marielle Debos ; translated by Andrew Brown
Imprint London : Zed Books, 2016

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 4 Geografi och historia  967 engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Descript 256 s
Content Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I Armed Violence: A (Post)Colonial History -- 1. Colonial Wars and Inter-Wars -- 2. The Professionalisation of Armed Violence -- Part II From One War to the Next: Rebellion, Reintegration, Defection -- 3. Fluid Loyalties -- 4. Benefiting from War: The Unequal Share of War Dividends -- Part III Governing with Arms: The 'Unnumbered Decree' -- 5. A 'Militianised' Army -- 6. Governing the Inter-War -- Conclusion
Note How do people live in a country that has experienced rebellions and state-organised repressions for decades and that is still marked by routine forms of violence and impunity? What do combatants do when they are not mobilised for war? Drawing on over ten years of fieldwork conducted in Chad, Marielle Debos explains how living by the gun has become both an acceptable form of political expression and an everyday occupation. Contrary to the popular association of violence and chaos, she shows that these fighters continue to observe rules, frontiers and hierarchies, even as their allegiances shift between rebel and government forces, and as they drift between Chad, Libya, Sudan and the Central African Republic. Going further, she explores the role of the globalised politico-military entrepreneurs and highlights the long involvement of the French military in the country. Ultimately, the book demonstrates that ending the war is not enough. The issue is ending the 'inter-war' which is maintained and reproduced by state violence. Combining ethnographic observation with in-depth theoretical analysis, Living by the Gun in Chad is a crucial contribution to our understanding of the intersections of war and peace
Subject Tchad
Politiskt våld
Since 1990
Political violence -- Chad -- History
War and society -- Chad
Armed Forces.
Chad -- Politics and government -- 1990-
Classmark 967.4304/4
Alt Auth Brown, Andrew
Translation Métier des armes au Tchad. English
ISBN/ISSN 9781783605323
Record:   Prev Next