Abstract
This article focuses on rebel governance and rebel legitimacy during civil war. It investigates how external intervention in support of an incumbent government and withdrawal of external forces shape rebel legitimacy dynamics and rebels’ opportunities to govern. It adopts a longitudinal perspective on Afghanistan’s Taliban, analyzing three phases of the movement’s existence. Moral forms of legitimacy resonated particularly during instances of external intervention, whereas pragmatic forms of legitimacy became more relevant after the withdrawal of external forces and during periods of the Taliban’s opponents’ ineffective governance. The article is based on a literature review and fieldwork in Afghanistan.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1143-1173 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Journal | Small Wars and Insurgencies |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 17 Aug 2020 |
Funding
Many thanks go to the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Hofvijverkring in the Hague for their financial contributions to this research project. I am indebted to The Liaison Office (TLO) in Kabul for its hospitality and invaluable contributions to this project. Finally, many thanks to (in alphabetical order) Rahmatullah Amiri, Sebastian van Baalen, Chris van der Borgh, Jolle Demmers, Toon Dirkx, Georg Frerks, Nelson Kasfir, Bart Klem, Jessica Maves-Braithwaite, and Nora Stel for their feedback, inspiration, and support at various stages of this research.
Keywords
- Afghanistan
- external intervention
- Rebel governance
- rebel legitimacy
- Taliban
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