A Study on the Decrease of a Government's Legitimacy on Forming Domestic Security Governance

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13629
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 06020:International relations-related
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: Sasaki Hazuki 金沢大学, GS教育系, 講師 (00778938)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: セキュリティ・ガヴァナンス / 中央政府の正当性 / ネパール紛争

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to analyze, through the case of the Nepalese civil war, what kind of collaboration is formed by a variety of actors, including non-state actors and foreign countries, to rebuild the domestic security order when the central government of a conflict country is perceived to have lost its legitimacy to govern. The outcome of this study is the empirical clarification that the decline in the legitimacy of the central government leads not only to the dissolution of the cooperative relationship between the central government and domestic and foreign actors for the purpose of security in a conflict country, but also to the reorganization of the cooperative relationship, including insurgent forces.

Free Research Field

国際政治学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究成果の学術的意義は、政府による暴力の独占が果たされていない紛争国においては、国内安全保障のための多様な主体による協働体制の安定には、中央政府の正当性の維持が前提となっていることを明らかにした点である。また、その前提が崩れて中央政府の権威が不安定化し、代替的な権威の形成が行われる過程では、反政府勢力も含めた国内外の主体間で、利益や理念を媒介にした複雑な調整と連携が行われることを実証的に明らかにした。