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Rebel governance: military boon or military bust? (Isard Award Article)

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What is the relationship between rebel governance and rebel military strength? Most existing research assumes that rebel governance enhances the military strength of the rebel group. I test this assumption with an original dataset of rebel governance services. The quantitative evidence presents a more complicated picture that belies a straightforward link between the two: governance appears to have either no relationship with rebel strength and sometimes even a negative and statistically significant relationship with rebel military capacity. To explain this surprising result, I generate a set of empirically grounded mechanisms using case vignettes that incorporate primary and secondary data. As a whole, the paper calls for greater theorizing and testing of the consequences of rebel governance, as well as the strategic motivations for its implementation.

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  • Megan A Stewart, 2020. "Rebel governance: military boon or military bust? (Isard Award Article)," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 37(1), pages 16-38, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:compsc:v:37:y:2020:i:1:p:16-38
    DOI: 10.1177/0738894219881422
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    1. Karen Albert, 2023. "Rebel institutions and negotiated peace," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 40(3), pages 239-259, May.

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