Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds: Rebel Funding Sources and the Use of Terrorism in Civil Wars.
Why do some rebel groups resort to terrorism tactics while others refrain from doing so? How rebel organizations finance their rebellion creates variation in the extent to which terrorism undermines their legitimacy. Rebel organizations pay attention to the legitimacy costs associated with terrorism...
| Publicado en: | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 782 - 795 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2018
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