Good Rebel Governance

Author : Dipali Mukhopadhyay,Kimberly Howe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108809542

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Good Rebel Governance by Dipali Mukhopadhyay,Kimberly Howe Pdf

When a revolutionary uprising erupted in Syria during the spring of 2011, pockets of local resistance and the nascent institutions therein transformed into clusters of rudimentary participatory politics and service delivery. Despite the collective fatigue induced by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States and its allies embarked on an effort to encourage liberal, democratic politics amid the Syrian conflict. As a result, the project of 'good rebel governance' became the latest attempt at Western democracy promotion. This book moves the scholarship on insurgent rule forward by considering how governing authority arises and evolves during violent conflict, and whether particular institutions of insurgent rule can be cultivated through foreign intervention. In so doing, the book theorizes not only about the nature of authoritative rebel governance but also tests the long-standing precepts that have undergirded Western promotion of democracy abroad.

Author : Ana Arjona,Nelson Kasfir,Zachariah Mampilly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781316432389

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Rebel Governance in Civil War by Ana Arjona,Nelson Kasfir,Zachariah Mampilly Pdf

This is the first book to examine and compare how rebels govern civilians during civil wars in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Drawing from a variety of disciplinary traditions, including political science, sociology, and anthropology, the book provides in-depth case studies of specific conflicts as well as comparative studies of multiple conflicts. Among other themes, the book examines why and how some rebels establish both structures and practices of rule, the role of ideology, cultural, and material factors affecting rebel governance strategies, the impact of governance on the rebel/civilian relationship, civilian responses to rebel rule, the comparison between modes of state and non-state governance to rebel attempts to establish political order, the political economy of rebel governance, and the decline and demise of rebel governance attempts.

Author : Megan Stewart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108843645

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Governing for Revolution by Megan Stewart Pdf

For some rebel groups, governance is not always part of a military strategy but a necessary element of realizing revolution through civil war.

Author : Zachariah Cherian Mampilly
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801462986

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Rebel Rulers by Zachariah Cherian Mampilly Pdf

Rebel groups are often portrayed as predators, their leaders little more than warlords. In conflicts large and small, however, insurgents frequently take and hold territory, establishing sophisticated systems of governance that deliver extensive public services to civilians under their control. From police and courts, schools, hospitals, and taxation systems to more symbolic expressions such as official flags and anthems, some rebels are able to appropriate functions of the modern state, often to great effect in generating civilian compliance. Other insurgent organizations struggle to provide even the most basic services and suffer from the local unrest and international condemnation that result. Rebel Rulers is informed by Zachariah Cherian Mampilly's extensive fieldwork in rebel-controlled areas. Focusing on three insurgent organizations—the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka, the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) in Congo, and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) in Sudan—Mampilly's comparative analysis shows that rebel leaders design governance systems in response to pressures from three main sources. They must take into consideration the needs of local civilians, who can challenge rebel rule in various ways. They must deal with internal factions that threaten their control. And they must respond to the transnational actors that operate in most contemporary conflict zones. The development of insurgent governments can benefit civilians even as they enable rebels to assert control over their newly attained and sometimes chaotic territories.

Author : Ana Arjona
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Civil war
ISBN : 1316438066

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Rebel Governance in Civil War by Ana Arjona Pdf

This is the first book to examine and compare how rebels govern civilians during civil wars around the globe.

Author : David Brenner
Publisher : Southeast Asia Program Publications
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501740107

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Rebel Politics by David Brenner Pdf

Rebel Politics analyzes the changing dynamics of the civil war in Myanmar, one of the most entrenched armed conflicts in the world. Since 2011, a national peace process has gone hand-in-hand with escalating ethnic conflict. The Karen National Union (KNU), previously known for its uncompromising stance against the central government of Myanmar, became a leader in the peace process after it signed a ceasefire in 2012. Meanwhile, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) returned to the trenches in 2011 after its own seventeen-year-long ceasefire broke down. To understand these puzzling changes, Brenner conducted ethnographic fieldwork among the KNU and KIO, analyzing the relations between rebel leaders, their rank-and-file, and local communities in the context of wider political and geopolitical transformations. Drawing on Political Sociology, Rebel Politics explains how revolutionary elites capture and lose legitimacy within their own movements and how these internal contestations drive the strategies of rebellion in unforeseen ways. Brenner presents a novel perspective that contributes to our understanding of contemporary politics in Southeast Asia, and to the study of conflict, peace and security, by highlighting the hidden social dynamics and everyday practices of political violence, ethnic conflict, rebel governance and borderland politics.

Author : Lois Kelly,Carmen Medina,Debra Cameron
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781491903919

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Rebels at Work by Lois Kelly,Carmen Medina,Debra Cameron Pdf

Ready to stand up and create positive change at work, but reluctant to speak up? True leadership doesn’t always come from a position of power or authority. By teaching you skills and providing practical advice, this handbook shows you how to engage your coworkers and bosses and bring your ideas forward so that they are heard, considered, and acted upon. Authors Carmen Medina and Lois Kelly—once rebels themselves—reveal ways to navigate your workplace, avoid common mistakes and traps, and overcome the fears that may be holding you back. You can achieve more success and less frustration, help your organization do better work, and—most important—find more meaning and joy in what you do.

Author : Nicholai Hart Lidow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108107747

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Violent Order by Nicholai Hart Lidow Pdf

Rebel groups exhibit significant variation in their treatment of civilians, with profound humanitarian consequences. This book proposes a new theory of rebel behavior and cohesion based on the internal dynamics of rebel groups. Rebel groups are more likely to protect civilians and remain unified when rebel leaders can offer cash payments and credible future rewards to their top commanders. The leader's ability to offer incentives that allow local security to prevail depends on partnerships with external actors, such as diaspora communities and foreign governments. This book formalizes this theory and tests the implications through an in-depth look at the rebel groups involved in Liberia's civil war. The book also analyzes a micro-level dataset of crop area during Liberia's war, derived through remote sensing, and an original cross-national dataset of rebel groups.

Author : Ibrahim Fraihat,Abdalhadi Alijla
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789819913350

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Rebel Governance in the Middle East by Ibrahim Fraihat,Abdalhadi Alijla Pdf

This book uses the cases of Syrian factions in rebel-held areas, Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Houthi in Yemen, rebels in Libya, Taliban in Afghanistan, In Iraq, and Somalia to explain the importance of examining genealogies tribalism, common local knowledge and social networks in understanding the institutionalisation of armed group governance systems. The book provides a series of studies employing heterogenous methodological approaches to address the issue using qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. The proposed project also attempts to move away from the central debate on the national political crisis trend by examining the sub-national level patterns and assessing various factors and questions that bring about clear answers regarding how de-facto rulers use tribes and tribal informal institutions to sustain their presence and create a safe social incubator.

Author : Zachariah Cherian Mampilly
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801462979

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Rebel Rulers by Zachariah Cherian Mampilly Pdf

When insurgents take and hold territory, they can develop systems of governance that deliver public services to civilians under their control. This book reflects Zachariah Cherian Mampilly's extensive fieldwork in rebel-controlled areas.

Author : Ana Arjona
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107126039

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Rebelocracy by Ana Arjona Pdf

Based on years of fieldwork in Colombia, this is an analysis of rebel institutions and civilian-combatant relations in civil war.

Author : Didier Péclard,Delphine Mechoulan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3908230969

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Rebel Governance and the Politics of Civil War by Didier Péclard,Delphine Mechoulan Pdf

Author : Benjamin Miller,Ziv Rubinovitz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226735153

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Grand Strategy from Truman to Trump by Benjamin Miller,Ziv Rubinovitz Pdf

American foreign policy is the subject of extensive debate. Many look to domestic factors as the driving forces of bad policies. Benjamin Miller instead seeks to account for changes in US international strategy by developing a theory of grand strategy that captures the key security approaches available to US decision-makers in times of war and peace. Grand Strategy from Truman to Trump makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of competing grand strategies that accounts for objectives and means of security policy. Miller puts forward a model that is widely applicable, based on empirical evidence from post-WWII to today, and shows that external factors—rather than internal concerns—are the most determinative.

Author : Frank Ledwidge
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : 9781849047982

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Rebel Law by Frank Ledwidge Pdf

"In most societies, courts are where the rubber of government meets the road of the people. If a state cannot settle disputes and enforce its decisions, to all intents and purposes it is no longer in charge. This is why successful rebels put courts and justice at the top of their agendas. Rebel Law explores this key weapon in the arsenal of insurgent groups, from the IRA's 'Republican Tribunals' of the 1920s to Islamic State's 'Caliphate of Law,' via the ALN in Algeria of the 50s and 60s and the Afghan Taliban of recent years. Frank Ledwidge delineates the battle in such ungoverned spaces between counterinsurgents seeking to retain the initiative and the insurgent courts undermining them. Contrasting colonial judicial strategy with the chaos of stabilisation operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, he offers compelling lessons for today's conflicts"--Book jacket.

Author : Ashley Jackson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197644140

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Negotiating Survival by Ashley Jackson Pdf

Two decades on from 9/11, the Taliban now control more than half of Afghanistan. Few would have foreseen such an outcome, and there is little understanding of how Afghans living in Taliban territory have navigated life under insurgent rule. Based on over 400 interviews with Taliban and civilians, this book tells the story of how civilians have not only bargained with the Taliban for their survival, but also ultimately influenced the course of the war in Afghanistan. While the Taliban have the power of violence on their side, they nonetheless need civilians to comply with their authority. Both strategically and by necessity, civilians have leveraged this reliance on their obedience in order to influence Taliban behaviour. Challenging prevailing beliefs about civilians in wartime, Negotiating Survival presents a new model for understanding how civilian agency can shape the conduct of insurgencies. It also provides timely insights into Taliban strategy and objectives, explaining how the organisation has so nearly triumphed on the battlefield and in peace talks. While Afghanistan's future is deeply unpredictable, there is one certainty: it is as critical as ever to understand the Taliban--and how civilians survive their rule.