Kolby Hanson

Ordinary Rebels (eBook, ePUB)

Rank-and-File Militants between War and Peace

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How do non-state armed groups change when states look the other way? States rarely engage in total war with militants, even during long-running conflicts. In Ordinary Rebels, Kolby Hanson argues that these periods of state toleration do not simply change armed groups' behavior, but fundamentally transform the organizations themselves by shaping who takes up arms and which leaders they follow. First, because life is safer and easier for cadres, armed groups attract more recruits with few pre-existing commitments to leaders or their goals. Second, because toleration opens opportunities for local governance and armed lobbying, recruits and supporters flock to factions willing to coexist with the state and pursue more modest goals. This book draws on a set of innovative experimental surveys and 75 in-depth interviews tracing four armed movements over time in Northeast India and Sri Lanka. A powerful new theory of how conditions shape the trajectory of non-state armed groups, this book reshapes our understanding of why such organizations become more moderate over time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP eBook
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197792797
• Artikelnr.: 75221436

Autorenporträt

Kolby Hanson is Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University. His research and teaching interests include civil wars, armed organizations, experimental methods, game theory, and South / Southeast Asia. His works have been published in the American Journal of Political Science, Security Studies, International Peacekeeping, and Journal of Experimental Political Science. He received a Ph.D. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Stanford University, both in Political Science. Prior to Wesleyan, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the US Naval War College and at Dartmouth College.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Tables
* List of Figures
* Part I: The Argument
* Chapter 1: Ordinary Soldiers, Ordinary Times
* Chapter 2: How State Toleration Transforms Armed Groups
* Part II: Who Mobilizes
* Chapter 3: "To them, it's just a job:" Mobilization in Nagalim
* Chapter 4: Pushed to the Edges: Mobilization in Manipur and Assam
* Chapter 5: "Fighting for freedom, not entertainment:" Mobilization in
Tamil Eelam
* Part III: Which Leaders They Support
* Chapter 6: "They are doing something for the nation:" Moderates and
Extremists in Nagalim
* Chapter 7: Pro-Talk vs. Anti-Talk Militants in Assam and Manipur
* Chapter 8: "The Tigers are the best bodyguards": Moderates and
Extremists in Tamil Eelam
* Part IV: Conclusion
* Chapter 9: Lessons for Armed Politics
* Bibliography
* Index