Why Follow the Leader? Collective Action, Credible Commitment and Conflict

Why Follow the Leader? Collective Action, Credible Commitment and Conflict

Most analyses of conflict assume that conflicting groups act in a unitary fashion. This assumption is often violated: to reduce their risk of replacement, group leaders prevent both group members and soldiers from acting collectively, making it dif...

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Main Author: Keefer, Philip
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
AIR FORCE
ARMED CONFLICT
ARMED FORCES
ARMIES
ARMORED VEHICLES
ARMS
ATTACK
ATTACKS
BARGAINING
BATTLE
CHILD SOLDIERS
CITIZENS
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMBATANTS
CONFLICT
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CONFLICT RESEARCH
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CONFLICTS
CONSTRAINT
COUNTERINSURGENCY
CRIMINALS
DEFENSE
DEMOCRACY
DOCUMENTS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICS
ELECTIONS
ETHNIC CONFLICT
ETHNIC DIVERSITY
EXPROPRIATION
FIGHTING
FOUNDATIONS
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENOCIDE
GUERRILLA
GUNS
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INCOME
INSURANCE
INSURGENT
INSURGENTS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
MILITARIES
MILITARY EXPENDITURES
MILITARY FORCES
MILITARY READINESS
MILITARY RELATIONS
MOTIVATION
NATIONAL SECURITY
OBSERVERS
OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PEACE
POLARIZATION
POLICE
POLITICAL ECONOMICS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
REBEL
REBEL ARMY
REBELS
RECONSTRUCTION
RENTS
RULE OF LAW
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SECURITY FORCES
SECURITY THREATS
SOCIAL CONFLICT
SOLDIERS
TACTICS
THREAT
THREATS
TRAP
TRIGGER
UNEMPLOYMENT
VETERANS
VIETNAM WAR
VIOLENCE
VOTING RIGHTS
WAGES
WARS
WEAPONS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16625165/follow-leader-collective-action-credible-commitment-conflict
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12023

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16625165/follow-leader-collective-action-credible-commitment-conflict
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12023

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