![]() | Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win Subjects: Autonomy and independence movements -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies; Self-determination National -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies; Political violence -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies; Organizational behavior -- History -- 2; 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 unlikely to gain the spoils of office are likely to become spoilers, employing risky, escalatory violence to forestall victory while they improve their position in the movement hierarchy. Hegemonic movements with one dominant group are therefore more likely to achieve statehood than internally competitive, fragmented movements due to their greater pursuit of victory and lesser use of counterproductive violence. Peter Krause is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College and a Research Affiliate in the MIT Security Studies program. |
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