Essays on Political Elites and Violence in Changing Political Orders of Middle East and Africa
"This research project addresses the question of how political elites’ behaviour varies when competition among them is heightened. Focusing on changing political orders across Africa and the Middle East, it seeks to understand how political elites facing internal and external challenges manipulate l...
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| author | Carboni, Andrea |
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| description | "This research project addresses the question of how political elites’ behaviour varies when competition among them is heightened. Focusing on changing political orders across Africa and the Middle East, it seeks to understand how political elites facing internal and external challenges manipulate local power structures for political survival purposes, resulting in distinct political trajectories. The thesis argues that local political and conflict environments are conditional on the nature of competition among elites. Volatile political transitions, intense popular unrest, and militarised environments all create distinct incentives and constraints which shape political orders, and determine the inclusion or exclusion of select elites in the resulting political settlement.
Using a mixed-method research design which combines quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the thesis consists of five essays exploring select topics and three in-depth case studies. The essays address two cross-cutting themes. First, they show how elites reconfigure institutional structures to cement alliances and survive internal or external challenges when power is being contested after a change in the leadership, or when facing popular mobilisation. Bargaining occurs through ministerial appointments or purges which aim to consolidate political settlements and secure power holders from rivals. Examples from Tunisia and recent episodes of leadership changes from across Africa are presented together with original datasets of ministerial appointments. Second, the essays illustrate how patterns of violence within states are indicative of the fragmented nature of the political environment of the political competition therein taking place. Findings from Libya and Yemen are presented to demonstrate that localised fragmentation produce subnational geographies of conflict which reflect the strategies and the mobilisation capacity of armed groups and elite actors." |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-265672025-05-08T04:42:05Z Essays on Political Elites and Violence in Changing Political Orders of Middle East and Africa Carboni, Andrea political elites violence Middle East Africa Yemen politics "This research project addresses the question of how political elites’ behaviour varies when competition among them is heightened. Focusing on changing political orders across Africa and the Middle East, it seeks to understand how political elites facing internal and external challenges manipulate local power structures for political survival purposes, resulting in distinct political trajectories. The thesis argues that local political and conflict environments are conditional on the nature of competition among elites. Volatile political transitions, intense popular unrest, and militarised environments all create distinct incentives and constraints which shape political orders, and determine the inclusion or exclusion of select elites in the resulting political settlement. Using a mixed-method research design which combines quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the thesis consists of five essays exploring select topics and three in-depth case studies. The essays address two cross-cutting themes. First, they show how elites reconfigure institutional structures to cement alliances and survive internal or external challenges when power is being contested after a change in the leadership, or when facing popular mobilisation. Bargaining occurs through ministerial appointments or purges which aim to consolidate political settlements and secure power holders from rivals. Examples from Tunisia and recent episodes of leadership changes from across Africa are presented together with original datasets of ministerial appointments. Second, the essays illustrate how patterns of violence within states are indicative of the fragmented nature of the political environment of the political competition therein taking place. Findings from Libya and Yemen are presented to demonstrate that localised fragmentation produce subnational geographies of conflict which reflect the strategies and the mobilisation capacity of armed groups and elite actors." 2021-02-10T13:04:17Z 2021-02-10T13:04:17Z 2020-11-02T12:28:12Z 2020 book OCN: 1253408653 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42790 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26567 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42790/1/Andrea%20Carboni%20Essays%20on%20Political%20Elites%20and%20Violence%20in%20Changing%20Political%20Orders%20of%20Middle%20East%20and%20Africa_Thesis_FINAL_Carboni.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42790/1/Andrea%20Carboni%20Essays%20on%20Political%20Elites%20and%20Violence%20in%20Changing%20Political%20Orders%20of%20Middle%20East%20and%20Africa_Thesis_FINAL_Carboni.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42790/1/Andrea%20Carboni%20Essays%20on%20Political%20Elites%20and%20Violence%20in%20Changing%20Political%20Orders%20of%20Middle%20East%20and%20Africa_Thesis_FINAL_Carboni.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42790/1/Andrea%20Carboni%20Essays%20on%20Political%20Elites%20and%20Violence%20in%20Changing%20Political%20Orders%20of%20Middle%20East%20and%20Africa_Thesis_FINAL_Carboni.pdf H2020 European Research Council 178e65b9-dd53-4922-b85c-0aaa74fce079 European Research Council (ERC) EU collection 221 726504 VERSUS open access |
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| title | Essays on Political Elites and Violence in Changing Political Orders of Middle East and Africa |
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| title_short | Essays on Political Elites and Violence in Changing Political Orders of Middle East and Africa |
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