Rebel Governance, Legitimacy, and Civilian Behavior

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

What are the short term and long term relationships between rebel governance institutions and civilian attitudes and behavior? The research on this panel engages with this question to explore how rebel governance institutions react to and are impacted by civilian support exploring questions of legitimacy and civilian agency. Using both case specific research and new cross national data, the papers on this panel expand our understanding of the short and long term impacts of different rebel governance strategies by exploring how they impact the civilians under rebel control.

Sub Unit

• DIVISION 21: Conflict Processes

Individual Presentations

• Legitimacy and Contested Governance: Evidence from Colombia - Erica Susanne De Bruin, Hamilton College; Livia Isabella Schubiger, Duke University; Michael Lee Weintraub, Universidad de los Andes

• The Demand Side of Rebel Governance - Romain Malejacq, Radboud University Nijmegen; Adrian Florea, University of Glasgow

• Insurgent Demographic Engineering: A New Perspective on Civilian Displacement - Theresa Leimpek, ETH ZURICH

• Armed & In Office: Why Violent Parties Succeed in Democratic Elections - MaryBeth E. Altier, New York University

Chair

• Cyanne E. Loyle Pennsylvania State University

Discussants

• MaryBeth E. Altier New York University

• Cyanne E. Loyle Pennsylvania State University