Buffers or Barriers? The Consequences of Institutional Safeguards on Commitment to Rebel Parties

• In Event: Peace Processes and Civil War

Brief Overview

What are the consequences of institutional safeguards on rebel parties? I posit safeguards such as political reservations may demobilize rebel party grassroots. Experimental evidence suggests that reservations may disincentivize base commitments.

Author

• María Ignacia Ignacia Curiel, Stanford University