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Informationen zum Autor Jeremy M. Weinstein is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. His research focuses on civil war, ethnic politics, and the political economy of development in Africa. He has published several articles in academic and policy journals, and he has received grants and fellowships from the Russell Sage Foundation, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the Center for Global Development, the Brookings Institution, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the World Bank, and the US Department of Education. Klappentext This book presents a theory to account for the different strategies pursued by rebel groups in civil war. Zusammenfassung This book presents a theory to account 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Structure of Rebel Organizations: 1. The industrial organization of rebellion; 2. Four rebel organizations; 3. Recruitment; 4. Control; Part II. The Strategies of Rebel Groups: 5. Governance; 6. Violence; 7. Resilience; 8. Extensions.
