How Insurgency Begins: Rebel Group Formation in Uganda and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9781108790475 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

Janet I. Lewis

Opis

How and why do armed rebellions start? This study offers a rare look into the incipient stages of rebellion, arguing that only rebel groups controlling local rumor networks survive and become viable challengers to governments. It is a valuable resource for both scholars and policymakers of political science.

Recenzje

'... its methodological intervention, conceptual work, and empirics make unique and valuable contributions to studies of state formation and violent conflict, initiating not one but several new areas of inquiry for scholars in the field.' Rebecca Tapscott, Comparative Politics

Spis treści

Part I: Rethinking How Armed Conflicts Begin; 1. Introduction; 2. A theory of rebel group formation; Part II: Uganda and Beyond; 3. Context and initial conditions; 4. The rebels; 5. Civilians; 6. The state; Part III: Implications; 7. Implications for scholarship and policy; Appendices; References; Index.