Doing Good while Killing

Why Some Insurgent Groups Provide Community Services

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4087265
AutoresVictor Asal (0000-0001-7614-4869, Department of Political Science, University of Albany, Albany, NY, USA), Shawn Flanigan (San Diego State University), Shawn Teresa Flanigan (0000-0002-9502-9839, San Diego State University), Ora Szekely (0000-0002-0730-1768, Clark University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen34
Número4
Páginas835-855
Fecha de publicación2022-05-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTerrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546553.2020.1745775
OpenAlexW3024605431
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18

Many nonstate military organizations provide a wide range of social services to civilians. The apparent contradiction between their use of violence and their provision of charity has been the subject of a great deal of research in the conflict studies literature. Two of the most common sets of arguments hold that such services are either a form of bribery aimed at controlling and isolating constituents and potential recruits, or an extension of the organization’s ideological commitments. Our findings, based on a new analysis of the BAAD dataset, demonstrate that neither explanation is correct. Rather, we find that the provision of social services represents a means of confronting and undermining the authority of the state. In this sense, the provision of social services represents an extension of the broader political goals of the nonstate armed groups providing them

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