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pro-government militias: a standalone construct

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Security studies

armed groups linked to a government but outside the regular security forces, measured across countries as a distinct part of state violence.

In security studies, pro-government militias refers to armed groups linked to a government but outside the regular security forces, measured across countries as a distinct part of state violence. This meaning comes from Carey (2013) in Journal of Peace Research.[1]

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Carey, S. C., Mitchell, N. J., & Lowe, W. (2013). States, the security sector, and the monopoly of violence. Journal of Peace Research, 50(2), 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343312464881

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