The introduction to the special issue starts from the observation that the political nature of
rebel governance is so far understudied. Moving beyond the functionalism and …

Purpose Elite interviewing is a well-established area of interview research methods.
Nevertheless, the actual casting of an “elite” has been generally conducted in a prima facie …

Research has shown the potential of nonviolent civil resistance in challenging autocratic
state regimes (eg Sharp, 1973; Chenoweth and Stephan, 2011). Yet, little is known about its …

Violent communal conflicts between identity-based groups are a severe threat to human
security and development. While most communal conflicts take place in civil war-affected …

This article examines the conditions that foster state-insurgent cooperation in rebel
governance. State-insurgent cooperation is puzzling because it can alienate hardliners …

How does exposure to rebel rule affect citizens' political attitudes after armed conflicts end?
We combine original survey data from Côte d'Ivoire with a natural experiment based on the …

The ways in which jihadist insurgents in the Sahel govern is rarely considered in the
academic literature. They have often been portrayed as 'Islamic terrorists', who achieve their …

The primacy of territorial control in theories of civil war has advanced our understanding of
war dynamics, most notably lethal violence, but has hindered our understanding of the …

A recent wave of civil conflict scholarship examines rebel governance, the process through
which insurgent groups organize local affairs in areas under their control. While current …

While scholars have focused on rebel governance in Syria and elsewhere, other forms of
governance have been neglected. This article explores the local council established in the …