Rebel Governance in Civil War This is the first book to examine and compare how rebels govern civilians during civil wars in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Drawing from a variety of disciplinary traditions, including political science, sociology, and anthropology, the book provides in-depth case studies of specific conflicts as well as comparative studies of multiple conflicts. Among other themes, the book examines why and how some rebels establish both structures and practices of rule; the role of ideology, cultural, and material factors affecting rebel governance strategies; the impact of governance on the rebel–civilian relationship; civilian responses to rebel rule; the comparison between modes of state and non-state governance to rebel attempts to establish political order; the political economy of rebel governance; and the decline and demise of rebel governance attempts. Ana Arjona is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. She studies the causes and consequences of institutional change and civilian agency in contexts of violence. She has conducted research in Colombia and Kosovo. Arjona is the author of Social Order in Civil War: Rebelocracy in Colombia (forthcoming), a book on the emergence of order and disorder in war zones and the transformation of local institutions. Nelson Kasfir is Professor of Government Emeritus at Dartmouth College. He has written extensively about African politics, agency, ethnicity, civil society, democratization, constitution-making, and political economy. He is preparing an international dataset comparing selected cases of rebel governance of civilians during civil war. He is also writing a book comparing rebel governance by two insurgent groups in Uganda – the National Resistance Army in the 1980s, and the Rwenzururu Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s. Zachariah Mampilly is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Africana Studies Program at Vassar College. He has published numerous essays and articles about African and South Asian politics and culture. He is the author of Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War (2011) and co-author of Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change (2015). During 2012–2013, he was a Fulbright Visiting Research Professor at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. www.cambridge.org © in this web service Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-10222-4 - Rebel Governance in Civil War Ana Arjona, Nelson Kasfir and Zachariah Mampilly Frontmatter More information