The interplay between state and non-state actors in the areas of weak state authority has recently gained increased attention in IR community. In many places the emergence of hybrid governance systems, where the non-state actors function as important providers of various public goods and services, has been identified. This paper is focused particularly on hybrid security orders, which are characterized by existence of multiple armed (state and non-state) actors engaged in control of the territory and provision of security and/or other public goods. Using Pierre Bourdieu's theory of field and practice and its recent application in security studies, it proposes a research framework that is focused on the internal dynamics of the hybrid security order „field“, its main drivers and nature of relations among its main actors. Specifically, it uses examples from Lebanon to illustrate the effects that field and its rules have on the actors' security governance practices.
