Resistance and Repression: How Do Armed Groups Respond to Civilian Dissent Against War?

• In Event: JSS: Citizens, the State, and Violence

Brief Overview

This paper examines the effectiveness of civilian resistance in civil wars. It claims that nonviolence is effective against legitimacy-seeking rebels, while violence is useful when insurgents face no direct challenge by the state in the territory.

Author

• Pablo Alberto Ortega Poveda, Arizona State University