Rebelocracy - Social Order in the Colombian Civil War

Informationen zum Autor Ana Arjona is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Northwestern University, Illinois. She is the co-editor of Rebel Governance in Civil War (Cambridge, 2015). Her work has been funded by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, SSRC, the United States Institute of Peace, Yale University, Connecticut, Columbia University, New York, the International Development Research Centre, Canada, the Folke Bernadotte Academy, Sweden, and the Department for International Development and the Economic and Social Research Council, UK. Klappentext Based on years of fieldwork in Colombia, this is an analysis of rebel institutions and civilian-combatant relations in civil war. Zusammenfassung Challenging the conventional perception that war zones are chaotic and anarchic! this study analyzes rebel institutions! social order and civilian-combatant relations in the Colombian civil war. The results of extensive fieldwork shed light on how war transforms communities! patterns of local governance! non-violent resistance! state building! and political order. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and glossary of terms; 1. Introduction; 2. Wartime social order: what is it and how does it vary?; 3. A theory of social order in civil war; 4. Research design: conflict zones in Colombia; 5. The determinants of social order; 6. Creating rebelocracy, aliocracy, and disorder; 7. How local institutions matter: a process-driven natural experiment in Viotá; 8. Testing the microfoundations: social order and recruitment; 9. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Ana Arjona, Ana (Northwestern University Arjona, Arjona Ana
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2016
• EAN: 9781107126039
• ISBN: 978-1-107-12603-9
• No. of pages: 430
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Colombia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political structure & processes, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Political structure and processes, Armed Conflict