TY - JOUR
T1 - A New Era of Insurgent Recruitment
T2 - Have ‘New’ Civil Wars changed the Dynamic?
AU - Reno, William
AU - Matisek, Jahara
N1 - Funding Information:
Will Reno benefitted from funding from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences // Research Council of Norway, ‘The Jihadist War Economies Project.’ Jahara Matisek benefited from funding from the Social Science Research Council and Northwestern University’s Buffett Institute for Global Studies, Program for African Studies, and the Department of Political Science.
Funding Information:
Will Reno benefitted from funding from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences // Research Council of Norway, ?The Jihadist War Economies Project.? Jahara Matisek benefited from funding from the Social Science Research Council and Northwestern University?s Buffett Institute for Global Studies, Program for African Studies, and the Department of Political Science. A prior version of this article was presented at a conference, ?Recruitment for Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Colonial Warfare,? July 13-14, 2017, Koninklijk Instituut, Leiden, Netherlands.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/7/3
Y1 - 2018/7/3
N2 - This article surveys the way in which political scientists and non-traditional scholars have analysed insurgencies and counterinsurgencies. We contend that insurgent recruitment is different in ‘new’ wars due to globalisation. We note continuity in ‘old’ and ‘new’ civil wars, but that collapsed states and the ascent of new types of insurgents with different power bases is markedly different from a pre-globalised era. While there is nothing new about the concept of contemporary insurgent recruiting processes, recruitment efforts have shifted towards a global audience, drastically changing the context and character of these wars and the ways in which they are waged.
AB - This article surveys the way in which political scientists and non-traditional scholars have analysed insurgencies and counterinsurgencies. We contend that insurgent recruitment is different in ‘new’ wars due to globalisation. We note continuity in ‘old’ and ‘new’ civil wars, but that collapsed states and the ascent of new types of insurgents with different power bases is markedly different from a pre-globalised era. While there is nothing new about the concept of contemporary insurgent recruiting processes, recruitment efforts have shifted towards a global audience, drastically changing the context and character of these wars and the ways in which they are waged.
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U2 - 10.1080/13698249.2018.1497314
DO - 10.1080/13698249.2018.1497314
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049957633
SN - 1369-8249
VL - 20
SP - 358
EP - 378
JO - Civil Wars
JF - Civil Wars
IS - 3
ER -