TY - JOUR
T1 - Implausible sovereigns and their organizational logic
T2 - violent non-state actors’ response to COVID-19
AU - Swed, Ori
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The havoc and disarray among governments and societies caused by the COVID-19 outbreak also invited opportunities for violent non-state actors to exploit for their advantage governments’ failure to provide an adequate public health response or their denigration of security apparatuses due to the outbreak. Focusing on the early months of the outbreak, this study examines three courses of actions taken by those actors and the potential explanation for the variation in responses. The responses examined are actors offering COVID-related public health response as a surrogate for the state, the extension of hostilities, and the request for a ceasefire. Looking at a sample of 72 groups we suggest that the actors’ governance levels, which dictate their organizational logic and behavior, are strong predictors for the likelihood of them offering public health support, conduct attacks, or pursues a ceasefire during the period examined.
AB - The havoc and disarray among governments and societies caused by the COVID-19 outbreak also invited opportunities for violent non-state actors to exploit for their advantage governments’ failure to provide an adequate public health response or their denigration of security apparatuses due to the outbreak. Focusing on the early months of the outbreak, this study examines three courses of actions taken by those actors and the potential explanation for the variation in responses. The responses examined are actors offering COVID-related public health response as a surrogate for the state, the extension of hostilities, and the request for a ceasefire. Looking at a sample of 72 groups we suggest that the actors’ governance levels, which dictate their organizational logic and behavior, are strong predictors for the likelihood of them offering public health support, conduct attacks, or pursues a ceasefire during the period examined.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Governance
KW - legitimacy
KW - organizational logic
KW - violent non-state actors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113914236&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09592318.2021.1956091
DO - 10.1080/09592318.2021.1956091
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113914236
SN - 0959-2318
VL - 32
SP - 1302
EP - 1331
JO - Small Wars and Insurgencies
JF - Small Wars and Insurgencies
IS - 8
ER -