Sabotage or Appropriation? A Study of Agential Behavior in Three African Civil Wars

Daniel Arbucias
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ABSTRACT:This work is a comparative analysis of agential behavior in three African civil wars, specifically focusing on the role of diamonds and petroleum in violent conflict. Drawing from existing resource curse literature, this article postulates that subtle differences in lootability, trade networks, and institutional capacity contribute to large variations in agential behavior during violent conflict. The Algerian Civil War (petroleum), Angolan Civil War and Cabinda War (diamonds and petroleum), and the Sierra Leonean Civil War (diamonds) are used as case studies to show how these resources led to patterned differences in rebel and government behavior. In Algeria, rebels adopted strategies of sabotage to disrupt governmental oil exports yet in Sierra Leone, rebels sought to appropriate diamond mines to fund insurgencies. Angola, rich in both resources, saw rebels adopt both strategies to gain leverage over governmental forces.
蓄意破坏还是挪用?三次非洲内战中的代理行为研究
摘要:本文对三次非洲内战中的代理行为进行了比较分析,特别关注了钻石和石油在暴力冲突中的作用。从现有的资源诅咒文献中,本文假设掠夺性、贸易网络和制度能力的细微差异导致了暴力冲突期间代理行为的巨大差异。阿尔及利亚内战(石油),安哥拉内战和卡宾达战争(钻石和石油),以及塞拉利昂内战(钻石)被用作案例研究,以显示这些资源如何导致叛军和政府行为的模式差异。在阿尔及利亚,叛军采取了破坏策略来破坏政府的石油出口,而在塞拉利昂,叛军试图侵占钻石矿来资助叛乱。安哥拉这两种资源都很丰富,叛乱分子采用这两种策略来对政府军施加影响。
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