par Prelz Oltramonti, Giulia 
Référence Caucasus Survey, 5, 1, page (85-101)
Publication Publié, 2017-01
Référence Caucasus Survey, 5, 1, page (85-101)
Publication Publié, 2017-01
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | This article explores how the protraction of conflict shapes the management of economic activities and, more specifically, the illegality/informality divide. Its main argument is that, in contexts of conflict protraction, informal activities are managed and criminalized by a range of actors in function of their capacity and their strategies to project their authority and sovereignty. It identifies an “informality/illegality divide” that runs largely parallel to the gap between de jure and de facto regulation of activities in areas affected by conflict protraction. This relationship between regulation and conflict protraction is then triangulated with the issues of disputed sovereignty and legal voids. These topics are explored against the backdrop of the Abkhaz-Georgian protracted conflict, analysing Georgian and Abkhaz (de facto) authorities’ stakes in processes of informality, illegality, regulation, and criminalization of a variety of economic activities. |
