Ordinary Rebels

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Ordinary Rebels is written by Kolby Hanson and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0197792774 (ISBN 10) and 9780197792773 (ISBN 13).

In Ordinary Rebels, Kolby Hanson argues that these periods of state toleration do not simply change armed groups' behavior, but fundamentally transform the organizations themselves by shaping who takes up arms and which leaders they follow. This book draws on a set of innovative experimental surveys and 75 in-depth interviews tracing four armed movements over time in Northeast India and Sri Lanka. A powerful new theory of how conditions shape the trajectory of non-state armed groups, this book reshapes our understanding of why such organizations become more moderate over time.