Agencies of Coercion: Armies and Internal Security Forces
2011; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 43; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0020743811000572
ISSN1471-6380
Autores Tópico(s)Middle East Politics and Society
ResumoThe readiness of army commanders in Egypt and Tunisia to counter the internal security agencies deployed by their own governments against civilian protestors in early 2011 proved decisive in bringing down presidents-for-life Husni Mubarak and Zayn al-ʿAbidin bin ʿAli. This brings into sharp relief questions about how to approach and assess the various coercive agencies of the state. Should we regard them as different branches of a single coercive apparatus, through which the state seeks to exercise a monopoly on the legitimate means of violence? Or should we see them as manifestations of more fragmented political institutions and social forces and consequently as performing distinct, and potentially divergent, functions in constantly evolving relation to each other?
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