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ABSTRACT
The contributors to this special issue have put forth a research agenda that centers the politics of civil war, in contrast to what the introduction presents as the dominant rationalist paradigm. This paper anchors the special issue by first synthesizing the works contained therein. In particular, the articles in this issue focus on how individual and collective identity, networks and orders, and learning or socialization from previous experiences shape behaviors during and after conflict. Next, the conclusion to this special issue aims to move forward a perspective of civil wars that takes seriously the political in civil war by building upon the works contained in this collection and presenting a number of avenues for future research. In particular, this article advocates for taking seriously how individual experiences, identities, and relationships embedded within broader social processes shape and co-constitute civil war dynamics.
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Notes
1. Pfeifer and Schwab. “Politicising the Rebel Governance Paradigm. Critical Appraisal and Expansion of a Research Agenda
2. Clément, Geis, and Pfeifer. “Recognising armed non-state actors: Risks and opportunities for conflict transformation,” 3–29
3. Alijla. “Thorny identity?”, 20.
4. Ibid
5. Buscemi, “’Blunt’ biopolitical rebel rule: on weapons and political geography at the edge of the state.”
6. Ibid, 4.
7. Ibid., 9.
8. van Baalen, and Terpstra, “Behind enemy lines: State-insurgent cooperation on rebel governance in Côte d’Ivoire and Sri Lanka”
9. Staniland, Networks of Rebellion.; Lewis, How Insurgency Begins: Rebel Group Formation in Uganda and Beyond.
10. Mampilly, Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War; Arjona, Rebelocracy
11. Kalyvas, and Balcells. “International system and technologies of rebellion: How the end of the Cold War shaped internal conflict.; Lyons. “Conflict-generated diasporas and transnational politics in Ethiopia: Analysis.”
12. Glawion and Le Noan. “Rebel governance and violence in the rise, rule, and fall of an armed non-state actor in Ndélé, Central African Republic.”
13. Ibid., 18.
14. Glawion and Le Noan.”Rebel governance and violence in the rise, rule, and fall of an armed non-state actor in Ndélé, Central African Republic.”
15. Waterman, “The shadow of ‘the boys’: rebel governance without territorial control in Assam’s ULFA insurgency.”
16. See above 6., 2.
17. See above 14.
18. See above 15.
19. Ibid.
20. See above 14.
21. Ketzmerick, “The Anglophone crisis in Cameroon: local conflict, global competition, and transnational rebel governance.”
22. Ketzmerick, “The Anglophone crisis in Cameroon: local conflict, global competition, and transnational rebel governance.”, 19.
23. See above 15.
24. See above 14.
25. Ketzmerick, “The Anglophone crisis in Cameroon: local conflict, global competition, and transnational rebel governance.”
26. Albarracín, Corredor-Garcia, Milanese, Valencia, and Wolff. “Pathways of post-conflict violence in Colombia”.
27. Richter and Barrios Sabogal. “The local level matters! Patterns of cooperation between FARC ex-combatants and conflict-affected communities in Colombia.”
28. Albarracín et. al., “Pathways of post-conflict violence in Colombia”.
29. Albarracín et. al., “Pathways of post-conflict violence in Colombia”, 2.
30. Richter and Barrios Sabogal, “The local level matters! Patterns of cooperation between FARC ex-combatants and conflict-affected communities in Colombia.”
31. See above 4.
32. Horowitz, “Nonstate actors and the diffusion of innovations: The case of suicide terrorism.”; Stewart, Governing for Revolution: Social Transformation in Civil War.
33. Hyyppä, “Council in War: Civilocracy, Agency and Local Organisation in Daraya during the Syrian War.”
34. Ibid.
35. Kocak. “Legacies of policing Timor-Leste.”
36. Ibid.
37. Ibid, 3
38. Bamber-Zryd. “Cyclical jihadist governance: the Islamic State governance cycle in Iraq and Syria.”
39. See above 5.
40. Alijla. “Thorny identity?”
41. Halliday, “Class struggle in the Arab Gulf,” 35
42. Ibid., 35
43. Ibid., 35
44. Kocak “Legacies of policing Timor-Leste.”
45. van Baalen and Terpstra, “Behind enemy lines: State-insurgent cooperation on rebel governance in Côte d’Ivoire and Sri Lanka.”
46. See above 28.
47. Stewart and Kitchens. “Social transformation and violence: Evidence from US Reconstruction.”
48. Glawion and Le Noan.”Rebel governance and violence in the rise, rule, and fall of an armed non-state actor in Ndélé, Central African Republic.”; Waterman, “The shadow of ‘the boys’: rebel governance without territorial control in Assam’s ULFA insurgency.”; Ketzmerick, “The Anglophone crisis in Cameroon: local conflict, global competition, and transnational rebel governance.”, 2022
49. See above 4.
50. Albarracín et. al., “Pathways of post-conflict violence in Colombia”; Richter and Barrios Sabogal, “The local level matters! Patterns of cooperation between FARC ex-combatants and conflict-affected communities in Colombia.”