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Revolution in Civil War: The “Marxist Paradox”

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Description:Research on civil wars has paid scant attention to a key (and variable) dimension of rebel political identity: some rebels are revolutionaries seeking to reshape their societies in radical ways. We study the most common strain of revolutionary rebels: revolutionary socialist or Marxist-inspired rebels; we find that despite ideological and contextual differences, they were “high capacity” actors in civil wars, able to rise against stronger regimes. Civil wars fought with revolutionary socialist rebels took the form of irregular or guerrilla wars, lasted longer, and produced more battlefield fatalities on average. At the same time, we also find that these rebels’ higher capacity failed to translate into victories. They were defeated at a rate that was no different from other rebels--hence a “Marxist Paradox.” We make sense of this paradox by pointing to the dynamic and world-systemic nature of civil wars: powerful revolutionary challenges engendered equally powerful and often successful counter-revolutionary reactions. An implication that follows from our analysis is that during the Cold War, revolutionary civil wars had a state-building rather than state-failing effect.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Revolution in Civil War: The “Marxist Paradox”. To get started finding Revolution in Civil War: The “Marxist Paradox”, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 62

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Publisher: Social Science Research Network.com

Release: 2022

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Description: Research on civil wars has paid scant attention to a key (and variable) dimension of rebel political identity: some rebels are revolutionaries seeking to reshape their societies in radical ways. We study the most common strain of revolutionary rebels: revolutionary socialist or Marxist-inspired rebels; we find that despite ideological and contextual differences, they were “high capacity” actors in civil wars, able to rise against stronger regimes. Civil wars fought with revolutionary socialist rebels took the form of irregular or guerrilla wars, lasted longer, and produced more battlefield fatalities on average. At the same time, we also find that these rebels’ higher capacity failed to translate into victories. They were defeated at a rate that was no different from other rebels--hence a “Marxist Paradox.” We make sense of this paradox by pointing to the dynamic and world-systemic nature of civil wars: powerful revolutionary challenges engendered equally powerful and often successful counter-revolutionary reactions. An implication that follows from our analysis is that during the Cold War, revolutionary civil wars had a state-building rather than state-failing effect.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Revolution in Civil War: The “Marxist Paradox”. To get started finding Revolution in Civil War: The “Marxist Paradox”, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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