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Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence

By Jeremy M. Weinstein

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0521860776, 9780521860772, 9780511349560
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3429708 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Edition
1
Pages
430\430
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Конфликтология;Политическая конфликтология

Description

Some rebel groups abuse noncombatant populations, while others exhibit restraint. Insurgent leaders in some countries transform local structures of government, while others simply extract resources for their own benefit. In some contexts, groups kill their victims selectively, while in other environments violence appears indiscriminate, even random. This book presents a theory that accounts for the different strategies pursued by rebel groups in civil war, explaining why patterns of insurgent violence vary so much across conflicts. It does so by examining the membership, structure, and behavior of four insurgent movements in Uganda, Mozambique, and Peru. Drawing on interviews with nearly two hundred combatants and civilians who experienced violence firsthand, it shows that rebels' strategies depend in important ways on how difficult it is to launch a rebellion. The book thus demonstrates how characteristics of the environment in which rebellions emerge constrain rebel organization and shape the patterns of violence that civilians experience.

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