Rebel Recruitment and Information Problems

Download or read book Rebel Recruitment and Information Problems written by Kazuhiro Obayashi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do rebel groups decide how to recruit members? To answer this question, Obayashi classifies recruitment techniques of rebel groups into two types, coercion and inducement, and develops a theory of rebel recruitment that simultaneously addresses agency problems inside rebel groups and the rebel-state contest over information. Important themes such as desertion, counterinsurgency strategies including amnesties and civil war termination are also examined to further understand the dynamics of rebellion and violent disorder. The theory is applied to examine the changes in conflicts involving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka and the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda.