Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 402 Seiten)
ISBN:
9780511808654
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Content:
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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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521860772
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521677974
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Weinstein, Jeremy M. Inside rebellion Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007 ISBN 0521677971
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521860776
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521677974
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521860772
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Bürgerkrieg
;
Kriegführung
;
Gewalttätigkeit
;
Geschichte 1975-2007
;
Strategie
;
Aufständischer
;
Guerilla
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511808654
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