Conducting counterinsurgency with productive power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5724205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carsten F Roennfeldt (0000-0002-4595-0646, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 226-242 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2015.1131451 |
| OpenAlex | W2321749853 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
Western governments tend to see power as synonymous with coercive force when they use their military forces in irregular armed conflicts abroad. Yet experiences from recent conflicts like Afghanistan and Iraq suggest that this understanding of power is unable to deliver the desired political ends. In an effort to better analyse and engage the political dynamics that dominate such conflicts, this article points to productive power. This theoretical perspective focuses on the micro-political dynamics that create legitimacy and mobilise people, which seminal counterinsurgency doctrines hold to be the goal
Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Military History and Strategy · Peacebuilding and International Security · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
On War
Power
Counterinsurgency
Discipline and Punish
The Utility of Force
The Subject and Power
Priming Strategic Communications
De-Facing Power
The Logic of Violence in Civil War
Power
Productive War
Persuasion and Power
The Fourth Face of Power
Development and political legitimacy
Discipline and Punish
Power in International Politics
The concept of power
The Taliban in southern Afghanistan
Conceptual failure, the Taliban's parallel hierarchies, and America's strategic defeat in Afghanistan
The dangerous myths and dubious promise of Coin
Two Faces of Power
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |