@article{12e99f9987fb49a698e228e45cb594df,
title = "The transformation of the power structure and security in Libya from a unified to a fragmented security sector",
abstract = "The Libyan security sector has undergone a profound transformation since the 17 February Revolution in 2011. The Jamahiriya experience gave way to a period in which violence ceased to be predominantly a state monopoly, and a series of armed conflicts took place with important consequences for the security sector. This article applies the Sociology of Power to an analysis of the security sector as a complement to other theoretical focuses. This approach helps to explain the transformation of the sector from a personal, unified system to a fragmented system with territorial divisions associated with different competing power centers.",
keywords = "Army, Civil war, Power structure, Revolution, Security sector, Security sector reform, Transformation",
author = "Laura Feliu and Rachid Aarab",
note = "Funding Information: The security sector is no longer the foreign political resource it once was. On the contrary, the foreign activity of the different power centers is largely aimed at obtaining more resources to reinforce their military power. For each group, legitimacy as a representative of the “legitimate national government” is critical. Outside the country, this official recognition entails material support from the main international organizations (NATO, EU) and the great powers. The actors involved, such as Italy, France, the United States and Russia, influence the different security sectors through direct military intervention, arms sales, economic aid, training combatants abroad, and political support. On the ground, the network of alliances is tangled and changeable. Khalifa Haftar has benefited from the regional Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 by the Centre for Arab Unity Studies. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1525/caa.2019.121005",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
pages = "75--90",
journal = "Contemporary Arab Affairs",
issn = "1755-0912",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "1",
}
