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Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win
Peter Krause
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Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21, 3 maps, 7 black & white tables, 11 charts. BIC Classification: JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Many of the world's states-from Algeria to Ireland to the United States-are the result of robust national movements that achieved independence. Many other national movements have failed in their attempts to achieve statehood, including the Basques, the Kurds, and the Palestinians. In Rebel Power, Peter Krause offers a powerful new theory to explain this variation focusing on the internal balance of power among nationalist groups, who cooperate with each other to establish a new state while simultaneously competing to lead it. The most powerful groups push to achieve states while they are in position to rule them, whereas weaker groups ... Read more
Many of the world's states-from Algeria to Ireland to the United States-are the result of robust national movements that achieved independence. Many other national movements have failed in their attempts to achieve statehood, including the Basques, the Kurds, and the Palestinians. In Rebel Power, Peter Krause offers a powerful new theory to explain this variation focusing on the internal balance of power among nationalist groups, who cooperate with each other to establish a new state while simultaneously competing to lead it. The most powerful groups push to achieve states while they are in position to rule them, whereas weaker groups ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501708565
SKU
V9781501708565
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About Peter Krause
Peter Krause is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College and a Research Affiliate in the MIT Security Studies program.
Reviews for Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win
Rebel Power makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of when and why national liberation movements succeed and use violence. Peter Krause offers a theoretically innovative and empirically rich interpretation of the ecology of nationalist civil wars.
Tanisha M. Fazal, University of Notre Dame, author of State Death: The Politics and Geography of Conquest, Annexation, and Occupation ... Read more
Tanisha M. Fazal, University of Notre Dame, author of State Death: The Politics and Geography of Conquest, Annexation, and Occupation ... Read more