TY  - GEN
A1  - Korte, Werner
T1  - Prozesse des Staatszerfalls in Liberia
T1  - Processes of state collapse in Liberia
N2  - Since the end of the year 1989 Liberia has been ravaged by a bloody civil war. It has almost completely destroyed the state structure of Liberian society which was manipulated by military ruler Samuel Doe and a small elite with the ends of amassing wealth and retaining power during the decade of 1980 to 1989. The state and almost all political institutions were stripped of credibility and legitimacy. During the war it was easy for the warlords of the various factions and their mostly young supporters to seize power and the remaining resources of the country. They established a radical free market system with the help of internationally operating companies and banks, protecting it by terror. Nearly two thirds of the population have left their homes and now live as refugees abroad, in the capital Monrovia or in Buchanan, where remnants of state structure and a weak civil society survive under the protection of a regional intervention army (Ecomog). By discussing different sociological explanations, the author traces the origins of the civil war and of its extreme brutality.
Y1  - 2006
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1037
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-11182
ER  -