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Vor fünfzig Jahren beschlossen die Vereinten Nationen eine grundlegende Veränderung der globalen Wirtschaftsordnung. Die "New International Economic Order" (NIEO) war der erste alternative Globalisierungsentwurf: ein Projekt zur Überwindung kolonialer Wirtschaftsstrukturen zwischen dem Globalen Süden und dem Globalen Norden. Damals verhinderten reiche Industriestaaten die Umsetzung dieses Reformprogramms. Die Beiträger*innen fragen angesichts globaler Armut, der Klimakatastrophe, zunehmender internationaler Konflikte und der Krise des Kapitalismus nach der heutigen Relevanz der NIEO - und zeigen die Dringlichkeit einer radikalen Transformation der Weltwirtschaft auf.

Why do international peace- and state-building interventions regularly fail to transform conflict-ridden countries into liberal states? This paper argues that interventionists' practices and dependency on local intermediaries help explain the disappointing outcomes of intervention. Based on a relational theoretical approach and original empirical material, the paper compares two of the largest peace- and state-building interventions in recent years. For practical and normative reasons, peacebuilders need to find local partners who help them instil change. However, as partners of peace- and state-building interventions, local elites may appropriate international resources and use them to strengthen their own positions. Interventionists abstain from sanctioning such appropriation as long as their own short-term and purpose-oriented goals are not undermined. Contrary to assumptions in much of the literature, interventionists do not eagerly defend their alleged liberal agendas. Instead, their pragmatism strengthens existing neo-patrimonial figurations rather than fostering fundamental transformation. The paper argues that research should focus on peacebuilders' actual practices rather than normative statements. Such an approach allows for a better understanding of evolving political orders in conflict societies.

This focus section of the International Journal of Conflict and Violence is dedicated to violence and violence research in the Global South. It examines thecauses, forms, perpetrators, processes, and outcomes of violence. While the contributions go into detail on what is commonly understood as politically motivatedviolence, they also examine societal, criminal, urban, and gendered violence, as well as the involvement of youth. Four articles explore the significance ofviolence in specific regions: Africa south of the Sahara, West Asia and North Africa, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors describe andassess the state of research within and about the different countries. Two further articles review the body of research on the causes of civil war, which hasbeen the dominant issue in much violence-related research on the global South since the end of the Cold War.

This focus section of the International Journal of Conflict and Violence is dedicated to violence and violence research in the Global South. It examines the causes, forms, perpetrators, processes, and outcomes of violence. While the contributions go into detail on what is commonly understood as politically motivated violence, they also examine societal, criminal, urban, and gendered violence, as well as the involvement of youth. Four articles explore the significance of violence in specific regions: Africa south of the Sahara, West Asia and North Africa, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors describe and assess the state of research within and about the different countries. Two further articles review the body of research on the causes of civil war, which has been the dominant issue in much violence-related research on the global South since the end of the Cold War. Adapted from the source document.

"This focus section of the International Journal of Conflict and Violence is dedicated to violence and violence research in the Global South. It examines the causes, forms, perpetrators, processes, and outcomes of violence. While the contributions go into detail on what is commonly understood as politically motivated violence, they also examine societal, criminal, urban, and gendered violence, as well as the involvement of youth. Four articles explore the significance of violence in specific regions: Africa south of the Sahara, West Asia and North Africa, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors describe and assess the state of research within and about the different countries. Two further articles review the body of research on the causes of civil war, which has been the dominant issue in much violence-related research on the global South since the end of the Cold War." (author's abstract)

"Als thematische Einleitung des Forums entwickelt dieser Beitrag einen konzeptuellen Rahmen, der den Begriff des Widerstands für die IB fruchtbar machen will. Wir schlagen vor, Widerstand und Herrschaft nicht als distinkte Phänomene, sondern als Phänomenkomplex zu betrachten. Die empirische Beobachtung von Widerstand wird so zum Ausgangspunkt für Forschung über Widerstand und Herrschaft gleichermaßen. Für die IB scheint ein solcher Perspektivwechsel fruchtbar, weil er die empirische Analyse von Herrschaftsstrukturen unter den Bedingungen der Globalisierung ermöglicht. Letztere liegen nicht offen zutage, werden aber im Moment ihrer widerständigen Infragestellung sichtbar und der sozialwissenschaftlichen Analyse zugänglich. Allerdings reduzieren wir die analytische Bedeutung von Widerstand nicht auf die einer Informationsquelle über Herrschaft, sondern betonen dessen produktive Wirkung: Widerstand gibt nicht nur Auskunft über globale Herrschaftsstrukturen, sondern ist gleichzeitig an deren (Re-)Produktion beteiligt." (Autorenreferat)

As a thematic introduction of the forum, this paper develops a concept of resistance that makes the term fruitful for the study of International Relations (IR). We propose to consider resistance and domination not as distinct phenomena, but as a complex. The empirical observation of resistance is the starting point for research on resistance and domination alike. Such a change of perspective seems useful because it allows the empirical analysis of structures of domination under the conditions of globalization. The latter are not simply evident, but become visible and accessible at the moment of their oppositional questioning. However, we reduce the analytical significance of resistance not to a source of information about rule. Rather, we emphasize its productive effect: Resistance allows new analytical perspectives on global power structures while, at the same time, reproducing them empirically. Adapted from the source document.

"This review presents the major lines of investigation regarding violence in Africa since the Cold War. After a historical introduction to the development of violent phenomena and their political contexts, diverse issues such as civil war, democratization, vigilantism, and the role of youth are assessed. It is argued that recent research has produced important insights by re-focusing on violent phenomena beyond the state. Yet despite the increasing number of non-state violent actors active on the African continent, to speak of a 'privatization' of violence may be premature." (author's abstract)