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Rebel Recruitment and Information Problems (Routledge Studies in the Politics of Disorder and Instability) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 8: Routledge Studies in the Politics of Disorder and Instability

Obayashi, Kazuhiro

 
9781138182431: Rebel Recruitment and Information Problems (Routledge Studies in the Politics of Disorder and Instability)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138182435 ISBN 13: 9781138182431
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

How do rebel groups decide how to recruit members? To answer this question, Obayashi classifies recruitment techniques of rebel groups into two types, coercion and inducement, and develops a theory of rebel recruitment that simultaneously addresses agency problems inside rebel groups and the rebel-state contest over information.

Important themes such as desertion, counterinsurgency strategies including amnesties and civil war termination are also examined to further understand the dynamics of rebellion and violent disorder. The theory is applied to examine the changes in conflicts involving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka and the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda.

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About the Author

Kazuhiro Obayashi is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Law in Hitotsubashi University, Japan.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138182435
ISBN 13 
9781138182431
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
204