Limited Statehood and Informal Governance in the Middle East and Africa

Ruth Hanau Santini is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Università L’Orientale, NaplesAbel Polese is Senior Research Fellow at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland, and Tallinn Law School, Tallinn University of Technology, EstoniaRob Kevlihan is Consultative Director at the Shanahan Research Group and Managing Director of Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd., both based in Ireland.

• Foreword, Raymond HinnebuschIntroductionPart I International interventions and the interplay between formal and informal governance Fluid concepts and understandings redefined: states, porous borders and transnational militant actors in SyriaJoseph P. Helou Limited Statehood and the Politics of Security Governance in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)Mustafa Çıraklı, Umut Koldaş (In)Securitizing Somalia’s territorial waters as an area of limited statehoodStephanie Carver Limited statehood in a shattered state: territorial and economic challenges to the construct of the Iraqi stateAdriano Cozzolino, Irene Costantini, Trials and tribulations: the challenges of building a sustainable state in South SudanDaniela Nascimento Interventions and sovereignty limitations in LibyaDebora MalitoPart II Domestic Agency and Dynamics The margins at the core: Boko Haram’s impact on hybrid governance on Lake ChadAlessio Iocchi Competing orders in cross border areas of limited statehood: the cases of Southern Tunisia and Northern Mali micro-regionsEdoardo Baldaro, Giulia Cimini Resisting or Appropriating: Two approaches in the study of aid, violent non-state actors, and governanceOri Swed, Samuel Fletcher Stubblefield Somalia, Fragmented Hybrid Governance and Inclusive DevelopmentEric Herring, Latif Ismail, Aoife McCullough and Muhyadin Saed Mediating Security – Hybridity and Clientelism in Lebanon’s Hybrid Security SectorFrancisco Mazzola Micro Formations of Hybrid Security Governance in Ethnic Riots: Mapping the Interworkings of State Forces, Vigilantes, Residents, Thugs and Armed Mobs in the Violent Slums of Jos, NigeriaMadueke, Vermeulen Leadership Changes & Rebels’ Goals in Areas of Limited Statehood in the Middle East: Libya, Iraq and YemenCarmela LutmarConclusion