Governing for Revolution - Megan A Stewart

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Résumé :
Contrary to conventional wisdom which views governance as part of a military strategy, some rebels govern to achieve political ends, such as social revolution, and the nature of this wartime governance is learned from previous revolutionaries. For scholars, students, and practitioners interested in civil war, state-building and revolution.

Biographie:
Megan A. Stewart, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at American University. Her research explores how and why political actors create new social, economic and political orders, and the enduring consequences of these endeavors. She incorporates quantitative, qualitative and experimental methods in her work. Her award-winning research has been published in numerous academic and public outlets.

Sommaire:
1. Introduction; 2. Iron and blood: the global-historical context of rebel governance strategies; 3. Rebel goals determine governance strategies; 4. Research design and alternative explanations; 5. The Eritrean liberation struggle: varying goals and varying governance; 6. Changing goals and changing governance: the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army; 7. Modeling revolutionary governance in East Timor; 8. Hezbollah: a Jihadist adaptation of the Chinese model; 9. A statistical analysis of rebel goals and rebel governance; 10. Conclusion: looking forward by looking back.