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The stabilising impacts of corruption in Nepal's post-conflict transition.
- Source :
- Conflict, Security & Development; Jan2020, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p165-189, 25p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The peace-building literature widely frames corruption as a threat to the stability of states transitioning from armed conflict. Underlying this framing are liberal assumptions on the institutions required for long-term stability, to which corruption is seen as necessarily detrimental. In this article, I add to an emergent literature critical of this framing by examining the long-term impacts of corruption on local-level stability in Ghorahi, Nepal. Drawing on a new dataset of 89 interviews, I demonstrate the stabilising consequences of corruption on two key aspects of Nepal's post-2006 transition. First, I show that elite-level corruption arising from the transformation of the Maoist insurgency into the political mainstream has inadvertently contributed to the social reintegration of rank and file ex-combatants. Second, I show how a corrupt elite network in local government contributed to the cooperation between political parties – including the emerging post-conflict Maoist party. These elements broaden the evidence for the stabilising consequences of corruption, which is largely focused on the effects of elite-led patronage and coping economies during episodes of conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CORRUPTION
BIPARTISANSHIP
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14678802
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Conflict, Security & Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 141842337
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2019.1705073