Rebel mobilization through pandering: (Record no. 42354)

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Personal name THALER Kai M.
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Title Rebel mobilization through pandering:
Remainder of title insincere leaders, framing, and exploitation of popular Grievances/
Statement of responsibility, etc. Kai M. Thaler
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2022
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Summary, etc. In civil wars, unpopular and violent rebel organizations sometimes gain support from politically motivated constituencies who should, by outside appearances, logically oppose such groups. I explain this through a logic in which self-interested, insincere rebel leaders pander to aggrieved civilian populations to mobilize them, presenting the rebel organization as empathizing with and offering solutions to popular grievances. Leaders exploit an information asymmetry about their true preferences to gain allegiance using cheap sociopolitical appeals, rather than more costly material incentives or coercion. I inductively develop the theory through a case study of Renamo in Mozambique and then probe the generalizability of the logic through case studies of the Nicaraguan Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense and the National Patriotic Front of Liberia, drawing on interviews and archival materials. This article explicates a previously undertheorized phenomenon in the study of rebel mobilization and demonstrates how apparent popular, voluntary support for rebels can be more tenuous than it appears.
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Bulletin Heading SOCIAL, VIOLENT
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Topical term or geographic name entry element SOCIAL
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Topical term or geographic name entry element REBEL MOBILIZATION AND DEMONSTRATES
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Main entry heading Security Studies : Vol.31, No.3, June-July 2022 pp.351-380 (118)
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09636412.2022.2086818">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09636412.2022.2086818</a>
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          Mindef Library & Info Centre Mindef Library & Info Centre Journals 17/02/2023   SOCIAL 69272.1001 03/01/2024 1 03/01/2024 Journal Article