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Armed rebel groups engage in climate governance

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Climatic Change"

DOI: 10.1007/s10584-025-03893-9

Abstract: An estimated two billion people live in areas presently affected by fragility, armed conflict, and violence. In many of these locations armed non-state actors (e.g. rebel groups) rather than the state are the primary governors… read more here.

Keywords: armed non; climate governance; state actors; non state ... See more keywords

The stakeholder model paradox: How the globalisation of politics fuels domestic advocacy

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Review of International Studies"

DOI: 10.1017/s0260210517000419

Abstract: Abstract One of the central assumptions underlying the stakeholder model is that strengthened opportunities for involvement of non-state actors in political procedures hold significant promise for making those procedures more democratically legitimate. However, recent studies… read more here.

Keywords: globalisation; state actors; non state; stakeholder model ... See more keywords

A Descriptive Analysis of the Use of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons by Violent Non-State Actors and the Modern-Day Environment of Threat.

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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "Prehospital and disaster medicine"

DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x23000481

Abstract: INTRODUCTION The use of chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons is not new, and though rare, it is an issue of concern around the world due to their ability to cause large-scale mass-casualty events… read more here.

Keywords: violent non; state actors; non state; cbrn ... See more keywords
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Political leadership and non-state actors in the greening of Botswana

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Review of African Political Economy"

DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2020.1826298

Abstract: ABSTRACT The global environmental crisis has drawn increasing attention to how state power should be deployed towards achieving ecological objectives. Hence, scholars have debated the form and functions that the state might take within a… read more here.

Keywords: state; political leadership; non state; actors greening ... See more keywords

Police, non-state actors, and political legitimacy in Central America

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Policing and Society"

DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2022.2037559

Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper explores the relationship between police presence and political legitimacy in countries with limited statehood. Using cross-sectional, national-based survey data in Central America’s northern triangle countries, this article measures the impact of the… read more here.

Keywords: central america; police; state actors; non state ... See more keywords

Non-state Actors in Forest Governance: Genesis, Status, Challenges and Way Forward

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of Sustainable Forestry"

DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2022.2128377

Abstract: ABSTRACT Non-state actors (NSA) have become increasingly important in forest management and governance but with strikingly limited research on this subject. Here, we critically review the historical evolution and roles of major NSA in forest… read more here.

Keywords: forest governance; state actors; non state; governance ... See more keywords

Militarized elections and citizens’ support for democratic rights: evidence from India

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Democratization"

DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2024.2421831

Abstract: ABSTRACT Across the world, many citizens go to the polls amidst armed threats from both state and non-state actors. How do militarized elections affect citizens’ willingness to accept restrictions on democratic rights? We argue that… read more here.

Keywords: elections citizens; democratic rights; state actors; non state ... See more keywords

Beyond binaries: analysing violent state actors in Critical Studies

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Critical Studies on Terrorism"

DOI: 10.1080/17539153.2017.1329783

Abstract: ABSTRACT This article discusses the importance of including the voices of violent state actors in critical research about security and terrorism. Critical Studies tend to avoid narrative research about such actors or to give them… read more here.

Keywords: beyond binaries; critical studies; violent state; actors critical ... See more keywords

Resourcing GPNs: multi-scalar state derisking of energy transition minerals at a time of polycrisis

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Journal of Economic Geography"

DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbaf020

Abstract: There is a tendency in global production network (GPN) analyses to primarily focus on manufacturing and distribution, rather than tracking back to their raw material origins. This risks missing important insights at a time when… read more here.

Keywords: energy transition; state derisking; state actors; role state ... See more keywords
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Infectious Disease Outbreak Response: Mind the Rights Gap

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Medical Law Review"

DOI: 10.1093/medlaw/fwx011

Abstract: Abstract The international organization responsible for international coordinated response to disease outbreaks—the World Health Organization (WHO)—was given permission to receive reports from sources other than the state in revisions to the International Health Regulations (IHR)… read more here.

Keywords: right receive; disease; non state; receive reports ... See more keywords
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A Challenge to Conventional Wisdom: Locating Agency in Angola’s and Ghana’s Economic Engagements with China

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recommendations! Published in 2018 at "Journal of Asian and African Studies"

DOI: 10.1177/0021909618763922

Abstract: This article makes the point that African states with significant strategic resources and democratic governance systems bargain better in economic and development assistance engagements with China and other partners. In democratic African states, non-state actors… read more here.

Keywords: state; challenge conventional; non state; agency ... See more keywords