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Abstract
EPISODE SUMMARY
Dan Banik and Peer Schouten discuss the historical evolution of roadblocks and their current functions, how major multinational companies and aid organisations navigate through roadblocks in Africa and what this means for violence and state legitimacy.
EPISODE NOTES
In many parts of the African continent, there are so many roadblocks that it is indeed very hard to find a road that does not have one. But what is the point of having so many roadblocks that are often viewed by travellers to cause considerable inconvenience?
In a brilliant new book — Roadblock Politics: The Origins of Violence in Central Africa – Peer Schouten maps over a thousand roadblocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, in order to document how communities, rebels, and state security forces forge resistance and power out of control over these narrow points of passage.
Dan Banik and Peer Schouten discuss the historical evolution of roadblocks and their current functions, how major multinational companies and aid organisations navigate through roadblocks in Africa and what this means for violence and state legitimacy.
EPISODE NOTES
In many parts of the African continent, there are so many roadblocks that it is indeed very hard to find a road that does not have one. But what is the point of having so many roadblocks that are often viewed by travellers to cause considerable inconvenience?
In a brilliant new book — Roadblock Politics: The Origins of Violence in Central Africa – Peer Schouten maps over a thousand roadblocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, in order to document how communities, rebels, and state security forces forge resistance and power out of control over these narrow points of passage.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 9 Mar 2022 |
| Place of Publication | Oslo |
| Media of output | Podcast |
| Size | 01:00:09 |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Mar 2022 |
Keywords
- Roadblocks
- Central Africa
- Central African Republic
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Conflict economy
- Conflict financing
- Conflict mapping
- Supply chains
- Historical sociology
- Colonialism
- Logistics
Research output
- 1 Book
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Roadblock Politics: the Origins of Violence in Central Africa
Schouten, P., 27 Jan 2022, Cambridge University Press. 299 p.Research output: Book, Anthology, Thesis, Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Book talk at research seminar of the Polisci department, University of Geneva
Schouten, P. (Speaker)
25 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or Presentation › Presentation/Speaker at conference, seminar, workshop etc.
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Invited lecture Yale University "A Deep History of Trade-based Order and Resistance in Central Africa"
Schouten, P. (Speaker)
21 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or Presentation › Presentation/Speaker at conference, seminar, workshop etc.
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NY Book launch Roadblock Politics, New School and Social Science Research Council
Schouten, P. (Speaker)
14 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or Presentation › Presentation/Speaker at conference, seminar, workshop etc.