Transformation in Political Economy of Post-conflict North Waziristan, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
pp. 002190962110218
Author(s):  
Muhammad Makki ◽  
Waseem Iftikhar
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
The Political ◽  
Conflict Setting ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Fast Pace ◽  
Illicit Trafficking ◽  
Fundamental Shift

Post-conflict North Waziristan is experiencing a fundamental shift in the political and economic environment at a very fast pace. This paper examines the complex political economy of post-conflict North Waziristan to assess factors promoting sustainable peace in the region. It identifies the multi-pronged official strategy that is significantly contributing to the transformation of the political and economic environment in the post-conflict setting. These steps include inter alia effective border management to counter illicit trafficking and cross-border terrorism, security sector reforms, improving the mechanism of governance, and diversifying ‘formal’ economic opportunities. The analysis suggests that post-conflict North Waziristan exhibits considerable improvements towards establishing and promoting conditions that are pivotal for sustainable peace.

Themes of connection and progress in rural television: New Zealand’s Country Calendar 1990–2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 174 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Fountaine
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
The Political ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Television Show ◽  
Programme Content

Airing for over 50 years, New Zealand’s Country Calendar (CC) television show tells the stories of those who live and work on the land. This article presents a thematic analysis of 25 years of programme content, identifying a balance of ‘connection’ and ‘progress’ themes across this time frame, linked to the political economy of NZ broadcasting and agriculture. The concept of the rural idyll helps explain the connection theme’s focus on family, community, a passion or dream, and history and tradition. However, CC’s version of the rural idyll goes beyond nostalgia and the expression of shared social ideals to include the practical, day-to-day ‘work’ of contemporary farming. Ultimately, CC’s content is shaped by the broadcasting and agricultural policies and structures which impact its funding, subjects and socio-economic environment.

The Conceptual–Contextual Gap between Non-recurrence and Transformative Police Reform in Post-Conflict States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pádraig McAuliffe
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Police Reform ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Democratic Culture ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Second Nature ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Marginalized Groups

Abstract The idea of a systemic and holistic approach to police reform that addresses larger structural issues, such as poverty or discrimination against marginalized groups, is an attractive one. It is understandable that reformers and critics aspire to develop police forces that are so well-trained, transparent, and open to external oversight that responsiveness to community needs broadly understood becomes second nature. However, it is not enough to identify the needs of the most marginalized—policy-makers must identify where and how aspirations for change fit the domestic political economy in the security sector. This article has outlined a conceptual–contextual gap in policebuilding, pin-pointing three other main barriers to transformation (i) the necessary preoccupation with and diversion of resources to technical reform, (ii) the need to deal with immediate post-conflict security needs, and (iii) a political economy that does not support the type of responsive, socially democratic culture where transformative policebuilding becomes feasible.

Criminal Legacies of War Economies

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Newman ◽  
Niklas Keller
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
War Economy ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Related Notion ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Great Harm

Many contemporary civil wars are characterised by a political economy of violence – a ‘war economy’ – whose actors are highly motivated by profit. Examining cases of Afghanistan and Bosnia-Herzegovina, this article draws attention to a different but related notion: criminal economic activities which characterise the political economy of violence during civil war develop a self-serving momentum and continue, after ‘resolution’ of the political conflict, to do great harm. The article explores the impact of illegal money-making – a legacy of the ‘war economy’ – on societies in post-conflict transition. It suggests that, in some conflict resolution efforts, the pressure to impose a ‘political’ resolution causes peacebuilders to neglect this legacy and so threatens the peacebuilding agenda.

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