Remaining behind in the community

Rebel service provision and internal (non-)displacement of civilians in the former Fata, Pakistan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3918336
AutoresYuichi Kubota (0000-0001-9718-9169, Nihon University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen60
Número3
Páginas444-458
Fecha de publicación2023-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Peace Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00223433221079868
OpenAlexW4292200315
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas53

It is common during a civil war that a government's counterinsurgency operations result in internally displaced persons seeking refuge from the violence by leaving their communities. However, many civilians alternatively choose to stay in their homes and seek accommodation from the rebels. It is, therefore, puzzling that in a civil war situation when rebel cadres often cannot protect civilians, civilians would remain in their communities. This article argues that the wartime provision of public services motivates civilians to stay with the rebel group because it demonstrates the group's capability for and commitment to developing civilians' welfare and livelihoods. This argument offers insight into an unanswered question in the literature regarding internal displacement in a civil war: Why do some civilians, when facing protection issues in rebel-held areas, choose to stay, while others opt to leave? Using novel survey data collected over two phases from the former Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) in Pakistan, a two-step Bayesian propensity score analysis reveals that the civilians who received rebel services are less likely to leave their places of residence. Civilians would pursue long-term goals during the crossfire between the government and rebel forces; wartime provisions of public services allow civilians to seriously consider the possibility of improving their lives

Argument (complex analysis) · Criminology · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Livelihood · Political science · Residence · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Welfare · Law · Medicine · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration · South Asian Studies and Conflicts