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Trouble Spots: Projects, Bandits and State Fragmentation

Sampson, Steven LU (2003) p.309-342
Abstract
This article discusses new configurations of power when global forces interact with local societies in transition. In particular, it deals with the project society of humanitarian aid, and the warlord/mafia formations beyond the reach of the new states. Examples come from the Balkans, where there is interaction between the new class of project elites managing foreign assistance, the local political elites, and the local warlords/bandits. Globalization is not weakening these states, it is constituting them.
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published
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keywords
mafia, globalization, civil society, social anthropology, state formation, project society, NGOs, Balkans
host publication
Globalization, the State and Violence
editor
Friedman, Jonathan
pages
309 - 342
publisher
AltaMira Press
ISBN
0759102813
language
English
LU publication?
yes
additional info
author's contact: steven.sampson@soc.Lu.se details about the book, see http://www.altamirapress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0759102813&thepassedurl=[thepassedurl]
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  author       = {{Sampson, Steven}},
  booktitle    = {{Globalization, the State and Violence}},
  editor       = {{Friedman, Jonathan}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{309--342}},
  publisher    = {{AltaMira Press}},
  title        = {{Trouble Spots: Projects, Bandits and State Fragmentation}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5439714/1146131.pdf}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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