Rebel Financing and Terrorism in Civil Wars

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-45464-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 126 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 154 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Civil Wars and Intra-State Conflict

This book investigates the ways in which the lethality of terrorist violence depends on how rebel organizations finance their rebellion.

The leaders of rebel groups make calculated decisions on the intensity of terrorism killings, considering the benefits and costs of targeting non-combatants against the financing needs of their organization. The study specifically focuses on analyzing the effects of different external financing options available to rebel groups and takes into account the role of local populations in making financing available. This comparative approach to external financing reveals new hypotheses that are empirically verified and differ from the expectations and findings of prior research. The book's findings are relevant to policy discussions on counter-insurgency strategies that prioritize protecting populations from human rights abuses. Existing doctrines tend to overlook the potential impact of targeted efforts to isolate insurgents from specific financing sources on the capacity to secure local populations.

This book will be of interest to students of civil wars, terrorism studies, political violence, and security studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Belgioioso, Margherita

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Benefits and Costs of Terrorism verus Conventional Warfare 2. Empirical Trends of External Financing 3. External Financing and the Lethality of Terrorism 4. External Non-State Supporters and the Lethality of Terrorism 5. Empirical Analysis Conclusions For Theory and Policy Bibliography Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

Margherita Belgioioso is Lecturer in Quantitative International Relations, at the University of Leeds, UK.