What structures ex-combatants’ political participation? Exploring the dynamics of identification and groupness in rebel-to-party transformations

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Eliane Giezendanner, Bert Ingelaere
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ABSTRACT Academic literature on post-conflict peace-building and democratisation has established the important relevance of rebel-to-party transformations on the one hand, and of the political engagement of individual former combatants on the other hand. Yet, little is known about the interrelation between these two dimensions. This paper aims to address this knowledge gap, by proposing a framework to scrutinise former rebel parties’ ways of mobilising their former combatants politically. Based on a review of theoretical and empirical literature, we suggest three broad mobilisation strategies: the employment of material incentives, control and coercion, and strategies to nurture a sense of identification or even groupness. Given that this last dimension is less tangible than the first two, we further explore and conceptually dissect it, by discussing – what we argue to be – three of its main inherent components: ideology, emotions and patronage. By doing so, we hope to conceptually guide and inform future empirical research on the topic.
是什么构成了前战斗人员的政治参与?探索从叛军到政党转变过程中认同和群体的动态
关于冲突后和平建设和民主化的学术文献一方面确立了叛军向政党转变的重要相关性,另一方面确立了个体前战斗人员的政治参与。然而,人们对这两个维度之间的相互关系知之甚少。本文旨在通过提出一个框架来审视前叛军政党在政治上动员其前战斗人员的方式,从而解决这一知识鸿沟。基于对理论和实证文献的回顾,我们提出了三种广泛的动员策略:物质激励、控制和强制的使用,以及培养认同感甚至群体感的策略。鉴于最后一个维度不如前两个维度有形,我们将进一步探索并从概念上剖析它,通过讨论——我们认为是——它的三个主要固有组成部分:意识形态、情感和赞助。通过这样做,我们希望在概念上指导并告知未来关于该主题的实证研究。
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Conflict Security & Development
Conflict Security & Development INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-
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