Understanding the lethargy of Sudan's periphery-originated insurgencies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5723932 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Majak D''Agoôt, Majak D’agoôt (University of Juba, corresponding author), Majak D'Agoôt |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-83 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2013.740229 |
| OpenAlex | W2066584322 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 25 |
The assumption that an insurgency effort must culminate in the seizure of state power became the go-to cliché of the twentieth-century understandings of the Civil War. However, historical counterfactuals about Sudan's civil wars have cavilled at the accuracy of this postulate. This article argues that Sudan constitutes an outlier which does not perfectly fit this established convention. In essence, many factors have combined to be the sources of Sudan's intractable, periphery-originated civil wars. Since the Torit Mutiny in August 1955, virtually all these uprisings have exhibited deep failings in inducing a complete change in the centre; or separating any part of the country through military means. Succinctly put, they have, with no exception, ended in a negotiated settlement rather than through a decisive military victory by the rebels. Based on the findings of this study, state violence, ethnic politics, and power struggle among the rebels, as well as geography, geopolitics, and the permeability of the borders have emerged as key explanatory variables to this alternative hypothesis
Geopolitics · Insurgency · Mutiny · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Victory · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
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Improvising border security
Improvisational theatre
Terrifying the enemies of Allah
Dispersing into the ether
Low-intensity conflict in Eastern Sudan
Ethnic diversity and electoral democracy in Sudan before and after the Arab spring
Class and Power in Sudan
Minorities at risk
Darfur
Building peace
Environment, Scarcity, and Violence
Greed and Grievance in Civil War
Greed and Grievance
Beyond Greed and Grievance – And Not Too Soon
African guerrillas
Neotrusteeship and the Problem of Weak States
Slavery in the Arab World
Sensitivity Analysis of Empirical Results on Civil War Onset
Do Ethnic and Nonethnic Civil Wars Have the Same Causes
Who are the Darfurians? Arab and African identities, violence and external engagement
A Curse from God? Religious and political dimensions of the post-1991 rise of ethnic violence in South Sudan
Transnational Dimensions of Civil War
Rebellion in Africa
International Peacebuilding
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |