Military Conscription and Regime Politics: Professional Soldiers, Draftees, and Insurgents

• In Event: Conflict and Violence

Brief Overview

This paper considers the strategic rationale and effects of conscription upon intrastate conflict processes. We derive the equilibrium amount of insurgent recruitment and discuss the impact of conscription upon intrastate conflict processes.

Authors

• Nikitas Konstantinidis, IE University

• Henry Pascoe, IE University