The Social Origins of Rebellion

Toward a New Quantitative Research Agenda

Bibliographic Data

ID6285034
AuthorsOre Koren (0000-0001-9011-1510, Indiana University, corresponding author), Gary Uzonyi (0000-0001-6006-993X, University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
Year2024
Volume68
Issue9
Pages1675-1690
Publication date2024-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00220027231202037
OpenAlexW4386723173
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited93

Quantitative approaches to conflict research are evolving to incorporate better theoretical, methodical, and dataset tools. One key area where our progress is especially limited relates to the social origins of rebel groups: how a group’s political identity emerges as a focal point for mobilization and future conflict behaviors. We benchmark two key empirical agendas in civil war and rebellion research and then discuss key contributions of this special issue. In bringing together multiple theoretical perspectives and original datasets, including the individual-level and group-level data, the contributions to this special feature push the research frontier further along these lines. Jointly, they demonstrate that a rebel group’s origins – where it comes from, who are its constituents, what is its political appeal, and how it organizes – have far-reaching implications to explanations along different dimensions and across a wide range of contexts and regions

Appeal · Civil Conflict · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Frontier · Identity (music · Key (lock · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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