Why states are unable to defeat pirates - an actor perspective on the state's conflict with pirates
(2009) STVM11 20091Department of Political Science
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This thesis is investigating the conflict between the state and pirates in an actor perspective. It shows that the conflict contains both an indirect- and a direct conflict. The first is a military and juridical struggle where the state tries to defeat pirates. The latter is a competition on controlling the large values transported via sea. I conclude that the state has not defeated pirates because the state has lost both the direct- and indirect conflict to the pirates. This is because states - as organisations - are slow at adjusting to the situation, while the pirates’ use of a cartel structure, with no limits in territory and ideals, makes it a highly adaptive and agile opponent of the state.
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- author
- Sørensen, Jens Marquard LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVM11 20091
- year
- 2009
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Pirates, states, violence-monopoly, international law, civil society, international relations, political science, non-state actort, violent organisations
- language
- English
- id
- 1405282
- date added to LUP
- 2009-06-23 09:25:41
- date last changed
- 2009-06-23 09:25:41
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