Noncombat Participation in Rebellion
A Gendered Typology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8065913 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meredith Loken (0000-0002-6135-2208, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 139-170 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Security (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2889 • E-ISSN: 1531-4804 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/isec_a_00440 |
| OpenAlex | W4299482285 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
Research on women's participation in rebel organizations often focuses on “frontline” fighters. But there is a dearth of scholarship about noncombat roles in rebel groups. This is surprising because scholarship on gender and rebellion suggests that women's involvement in rebel governance, publicity, and mobilization can have positive effects on civilian support for and participation in rebel organizations cross-nationally. Further, women often make up the critical infrastructure that maintains rebellion. A new conceptual typology of participation in rebellion identifies four dimensions along which individuals are involved in noncombat labor: logistics, outreach, governance, and community management. These duties are gendered in ways that make women's experiences and opportunities unique and, often, uniquely advantageous for rebel organizations. Women take on complex roles within rebellion, including myriad tasks and duties that rebels perform in conjunction with or in lieu of combat labor. An in-depth analysis of women's noncombat participation in the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland demonstrates this typology's purpose and promise. Attention to noncombat labor enables a more comprehensive analysis of rebel groups and of civil wars. Studying these activities through this framework expands our understanding of rebellion as a system of actors and behaviors that extends beyond fighting. Future scholarship may use this typology to explain variation in types of women's participation or the outcomes that they produce
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| Citations per year | 6.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |