What do they Want? Rebels’ Objectives and Civil War Mediation

What do they Want? Rebels’ Objectives and Civil War Mediation

By: Lutmar C., Terris L.
Published in: Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
SDGs : SDG 16  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: In this paper, we focus on mediation in intrastate conflicts, specifically on the impact of rebel group goals on the pro spects for mediation. We ask whether the goals for which rebel groups fight (i.e. secession, irredentism, autonomy, greater political rights, government overthrow) have an impact on the likelihood that these conflicts will be mediated. We test our hypotheses on a new data set of rebel groups in Africa 1962-2010. © 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH.