Rebel Governance in Civil War

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

Ana Arjona (Edited by), Nelson Kasfir (Edited by), Zachariah Mampilly (Edited by)

9781107102224, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 22 October 2015

328 pages, 5 b/w illus.
23.5 x 16 x 2.7 cm, 0.65 kg

'Rebel Governance in Civil War is a captivating book. It makes significant theoretical advances, and it includes fascinating case studies written by some of the leading authors in the field. It will be of great interest to scholars of civil wars, as well as to area-study experts.' Séverine Autesserre, Barnard College, Columbia University

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.

1. Introduction Ana Arjona, Nelson Kasfir and Zachariah Mampilly
2. Rebel governance - constructing a field of inquiry: definitions, scope, patterns, order, causes Nelson Kasfir
3. Del gobierno de abajo al gobierno de arriba… and back: transitions to and from rebel governance in Latin America, 1956–90 Timothy Wickham-Crowley
4. Performing the nation-state: rebel governance and symbolic processes Zachariah Mampilly
5. Rebel diplomacy: theorizing violent non-state actors' strategic use of talk Bridget L. Coggins
6. Rebel governance during the Greek civil war, 1942–9 Stathis N. Kalyvas
7. Comparing rebel rule through revolution and naturalization: ideologies of governance in Naxalite and Naga India Bert Suykens
8. Myths set in motion: the moral economy of Mai Mai governance Kasper Hoffmann
9. Civilian resistance to rebel governance Ana Arjona
10. Dialogue direct: rebel governance and civil order in Northern Côte d'Ivoire Till Förster
11. The rebel state in society: governance and accommodation in Aceh, Indonesia Shane Joshua Barter
12. Organization and governance: the evolution of urban militias in Medellín, Colombia Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín
13. Predatory rebellions and governance: the national patriotic front of Liberia, 1989–92 William Reno
14. Conclusion Ana Arjona, Nelson Kasfir and Zachariah Mampilly.

Subject Areas: War crimes [JWXK], Comparative politics [JPB], Sociology [JHB], Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions [HBTV]