Why Now? Timing Rebel Recruitment of Female Combatants

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ID12407334
AuthorsShelli Israelsen (0000-0001-8187-0099, Indiana University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume43
Issue2
Pages123-144
Publication date2018-02-26
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Conflict and Terrorism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1057-610X • E-ISSN: 1521-0731
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1057610x.2018.1445500
OpenAlexW2792037018
LanguageEN
Citations received13

Using case study evidence, this article demonstrates how the relationship between conflict intensity, gender inclusive ideologies and gender inclusive policies on one hand, and the decision to recruit female combatants on the other hand, is conditioned by the groups' conflict phase. Conflict phases divide conflict events into two distinct parts, the guerrilla activity phase and the civil war phase, contingent on the insurgents' number of armed fighters, military capabilities, level of institutionalization and degree of territorial control. These conflict phases affect the recruitment behavior of insurgent groups making them more likely to recruit female combatants in the civil war phase and less likely to do so in the guerrilla activity phase

Affect (linguistics · Armed conflict · Citizen journalism · Civil Conflict · Criminology · Guerrilla warfare · Ideology · Institutionalisation · Phase (matter · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Communication · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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