2018
DOI: 10.1017/gov.2018.44
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Rebel Groups between Adaptation and Ideological Continuity: The Impact of Sustained Political Participation

Abstract: The question of how involvement in institutional politics and governance affects rebel groups’ behaviour is pertinent when studying violent non-state actors, both during and in the aftermath of conflict. This is especially the case when participation in the political system becomes sustained over time. The interactions between the political and governance practices of a rebel group and its overall ideological orientation and state-building aspirations are not sufficiently analysed in the literature, especially… Show more

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“…Hence, it is necessary to move beyond viewing ideology as primarily a unifying mobilizational tool within movements and between movements and those they claim to represent in order to rationalize their existence (Knight 2006). As Benedetta Berti (2019) notes, ideology also serves to present the image of what constitutes a ‘good society’ and of the chief means of constructing it.…”
Section: Key Questions and Review Of Previous Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Hence, it is necessary to move beyond viewing ideology as primarily a unifying mobilizational tool within movements and between movements and those they claim to represent in order to rationalize their existence (Knight 2006). As Benedetta Berti (2019) notes, ideology also serves to present the image of what constitutes a ‘good society’ and of the chief means of constructing it.…”
Section: Key Questions and Review Of Previous Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It also suggests that factors other than electoral success help explain why and how some parties undergo significant rebranding while others do not. The case studies by Berti (2019), Sindre (2019), Sprenkels (2019) and Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs (2019) shed further light on the mechanisms that underpin ideological adaptation following entry into electoral politics.…”
Section: The Role Of Ideology and Ideas Of Armed Groups Turned Politimentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Twitter is a type of social media platform that influences political change through the formation of public opinion, it has the feature of hashtags (Bode & Dalrymple 2016, Berti 2019. The hashtag involves three forces at once, which localize the topic, focus the topic, and make it present within an easy internet-based search system.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%