What do they Want? Rebels’ Objectives and Civil War Mediation

What do they Want? Rebels’ Objectives and Civil War Mediation

In this paper, we focus on mediation in intrastate conflicts, specifically on the impact of rebel group goals on the prospects for mediation. We ask whether the goals for which rebel groups fight (i.e. secession, irredentism, autonomy, greater political rights, government overthrow) have an impact o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Peace economics, peace science, and public policy peace science, and public policy, 2018-12, Vol.24 (4), p.1-7
Hauptverfasser: Lutmar, Carmela, Terris, Lesley
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
African cultural groups
Civil war
Civil Wars
Irredentism
Mediation
Rebel groups
Secession
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper, we focus on mediation in intrastate conflicts, specifically on the impact of rebel group goals on the prospects for mediation. We ask whether the goals for which rebel groups fight (i.e. secession, irredentism, autonomy, greater political rights, government overthrow) have an impact on the likelihood that these conflicts will be mediated. We test our hypotheses on a new data set of rebel groups in Africa 1962–2010.
ISSN:1079-2457
1554-8597
DOI:10.1515/peps-2018-0029