Inside rebellion : the politics of insurgent violence / / Jeremy M. Weinstein

• Autore: Weinstein Jeremy M
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 402 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 322.4/2
• Soggetto topico: Insurgency
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures, Tables, and Maps; List of Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Inside Rebellion; Introduction: Varieties of Rebellion; Part I The Structure of Rebel Organizations; Part II The Strategies of Rebel Groups; Part III Beyond Uganda, Mozambique, and Peru; Appendix A The Ethnography of Rebel Organizations; Appendix B Database on Civil War Violence; Appendix C The National Resistance Army Code of Conduct (Abridged); Appendix D Norms of Behavior for a Sendero Luminoso Commander; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Inside rebellion
• ISBN: 1-107-16778-7; 1-281-08562-6; 9786611085629; 0-511-80865-8; 0-511-35044-9; 0-511-34864-9; 0-511-34767-7; 0-511-56899-1; 0-511-34956-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814685303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge studies in comparative politics.