The Local Arena of Power Sharing. Patterns of Adaptation or Continued Disorder

我们研究背后的首要问题是，权力分享协议和其他相关形式的冲突后改革是否会对以前热点地区的和平(秩序)水平产生影响。这些以前的热点或地方竞技场是我们整个研究的主要分析单位，尽管重点已经转移。在第一阶段，我们考虑了国家精英协定对地方和平/秩序的影响，在第二项目阶段，我们研究了体制改革对地方和平/秩序的影响。在最后一个阶段，我们希望将重点转移到参与者，主要是当地的权力掮客，以及他们对重新配置订单/订单实践的影响。通过从一个事件(阶段1)到一个机构(阶段2)再到行为者行为(阶段3)，我们可以从不同角度全面了解冲突后环境中地方领域巩固和平的情况。考虑到演员的行为，我们有两个主要感兴趣的领域。首先，路径依赖对行为者行为的影响，包括对战前决定因素的认识、权力分享协定的性质以及协定后阶段的任何关键关头(或至少是关键事件)。其次，行为者对战后(创造性和适应性)空间重新配置的影响，以及战后重新划分领土对权力关系的影响。在项目的最后阶段，考虑到这些新的经验问题，我们的主要重点将是重新考虑我们已经收集的经验数据，尽管为了进一步巩固理论，我们计划在肯尼亚进行一些最终的实地工作。此外，我们还将对我们以前的工作进行进一步的概念化和理论化，即关于适应或杂交。

The overarching question behind our research is whether powersharing agreements and other related forms of post-conflict reforms have an effect on levels of peace (order ) in former hotspots. These former hotspots, or local arenas is the primary unit of analysis throughout our research, though the focus has shifted. In the first phase we considered the effects of national elite pacts on local peace/order and in the second project phase we are looking at the effects of institutional reform on local peace/order. In the last and final phase we want to shift the focus onto actors, primarily local powerbrokers, and their effects on the reconfiguration of order /ordering practices. By moving from an event (phase 1) to an institution (phase 2) to actor behaviour (phase 3) we can comprehensively map the consolidation of peace in local arenas in post-conflict settings from a variety of angles. Considering actor behaviour, we have two major areas of interest. Firstly, the impact of path-dependency on actor behaviour, including the perception of pre-war determinants, properties of power-sharing pacts and any critical junctures (or at least crucial events) in the post-agreement phase. Secondly, the impact of actors on the (creative and adaptive) reconfiguration of space in post-war contexts, and in turn, the impact of post-war reterritorialisation on power relations. In the final project phase, in light of these new empirical questions, our primary focus will be on reconsidering our already collected empirical data, though in aid of further theoretical consolidation, we plan some final fieldwork in Kenya. In addition, we will also carry out further conceptualisations and theorization of our previous work, namely on adaptation or hybridisation.