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Zusatztext Lacher advances a novel theoretical framework that emphasizes the centrality of the process of Libya’s unravelling. In doing so, he makes a significant contribution to scholarship on contemporary events in Libya and to conflict studies more broadly. The book masterfully retraces the breakdown of Libya’s transitional process, the outbreak of a second bout of civil war in 2014, and the current governance crisis. Informationen zum Autor Wolfram Lacher is Senior Associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). His research focuses on conflict dynamics in Libya and the Sahel region! and relies on frequent fieldwork. Lacher has published in many journals and media outlets! including Survival! Mediterranean Politics! Foreign Affairs and The Washington Post. He received his PhD in Political Science from Humboldt University in Berlin! Germany. Klappentext Structure and Process in Violent Conflict. An analysis of the fragmentation of Libyan politics and the countrys descent into civil war after the 2011 revolution An analysis of the fragmentation of Libyan politics and the country's descent into civil war after the 2011 revolution Zusammenfassung Shortlisted for the Conflict Research Society’s 2021 Book of the Year Prize Shortlisted for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society 2021 Book Prize After the overthrow of the Qadhafi regime in 2011, Libya witnessed a dramatic breakdown of centralized power. Countless local factions carved up the country into a patchwork of spheres of influence. Almost no nationwide or even regional organizations emerged, and no national institutions survived the turbulent descent into renewed civil war. Only the leader of one armed coalition, Khalifa Haftar, managed to overcome competitors and centralize authority over eastern Libya. But tenacious resistance from armed groups in western Libya blocked Haftar’s attempt to seize power in the capital Tripoli.Rarely does political fragmentation occur as radically as in Libya, where it has been the primary obstacle to the re-establishment of central authority. This book analyzes the forces that have shaped the country’s trajectory since 2011. Confounding widely held assumptions about the role of Libya’s tribes in the revolution, Wolfram Lacher shows how war transformed local communities and explains why Khalifa Haftar has been able to consolidate his sway over the northeast. Based on hundreds of interviews with key actors in the conflict, Lacher advances an approach to the study of civil wars that places the transformation of social ties at the centre of analysis. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTIONThe PuzzleFragmentation in Civil Wars and Collapsed States.Fragmentation and Social Structure.The ArgumentStructure, Process, and Social Transformation in Civil WarSocial EmbeddednessThe Process of FragmentationMechanisms and ProcessesResearch Design and MethodologyData collectionConditions and ConstraintsPlan of the BookLIBYA’S UNRAVELLING, 2011-2019Revolution (February-October 2011)Sharing the Spoils (November 2011 – July 2012)An Experiment with Democracy (July 2012 – May 2013)Escalating Tensions (May 2013 – June 2014)The Second Civil War (2014-15)The Elusive Agreement (July 2015 – September 2016)Impasse (September 2016 – January 2019)Haftar's Expansion and the Third Civil War (January 2019)Patterns, Turning Points, and Paths not TakenSTRUCTURE AND PROCESS IN THE ERUPTION OF CIVIL WAR (2011)Structure, Process, and ViolenceCollective Indecision, Contingency, and ViolenceViolence, Group Structure, and Social TransformationStructural Aspects of Libyan LocalismA Century of Turmoil, 1911-2011What Is A Libyan Tribe?The Myth of the Marginalized Cities and RegionsThe Irruption of Localism in 2011A Local Civil War in the Western/Nafusa MountainsMisrata: Rise of a Revolutionary BulwarkBani Walid: Loyalism and VictimizationTobru...
