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Download fileEx-rebel authority after civil war: theory and evidence from Côte d'Ivoire
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posted on 2020-07-14, 08:39 authored by Philip A Martin, Giulia PiccolinoGiulia Piccolino, Jeremy S SpeightHow do former armed militants exercise local political power after civil wars end? Building on recent advances in the study of “rebel rulers” and local goods provision by armed groups, this article offers a typology of ex-rebel commander authority that emphasizes two dimensions of former militants’ power: local-level ties to civilian populations ruled during civil war and national-level ties to post-conflict state elites. Put together, these dimensions produce four trajectories of ex-rebel authority. These trajectories shape whether and how ex-rebel commanders provide social goods within post-conflict communities and the durability of ex-rebels’ local authority over time. We illustrate this typology with qualitative evidence from northern Côte d’Ivoire. The framework yields theoretical insights about local orders after civil war, as well as implications for peacebuilding policies.
Funding
Funding for the research of this project was provided by MIT GOV/LAB, the MIT Center for International Studies and Santander UK.
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Department
- Politics and International Studies
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Comparative PoliticsVolume
53Issue
2Pages
209-232Publisher
City University of New YorkVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Comparative Politics and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.5129/001041521X15923094954447.Acceptance date
2019-08-06Publication date
2021-01-01Copyright date
2021ISSN
0010-4159eISSN
2151-6227Publisher version
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- en