Rebel institutionalization, religious holidays, and political violence
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- dc.contributor.author Nong, Xin
- dc.contributor.author Wu, Chun-Ying
- dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-04T11:54:04Z
- dc.date.embargoEnd info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2026-03-23
- dc.date.issued 2024
- dc.description.abstract Identifying a clear relationship between rebel group structures and the use of violence faces the challenge that group structures rarely change over time. We exploit the analytical advantage provided by long religious holidays to address this issue using the principal-agent framework. Religious holidays serve as a focal point and reduce group coordination costs, but also raise the societal costs of violence. We argue the principal of rebel groups is more sensitive to the increased societal costs than the agents and thereby attempts to restrain the agents from attacking during religious holidays. However, the success of these attempts depends on the group’s institutionalization level. Long religious holidays exacerbate the principal-agent problem due to the high costs of restraining agents from attacking for an extended period, making them the most likely case for our analysis. We test the theory by first conducting microlevel analysis of Islamic separatist groups in three Southeast Asian countries and then analyzing a cross-sectional sample of Islamic rebel groups. Results show that highly institutionalized groups that have a central command system and control over constituent groups are less likely to attack during long religious holidays than on other days, and vice versa for weakly institutionalized groups.
- dc.embargo.liftdate 2026-03-23
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- dc.identifier.citation Nong X, Wu CY. Rebel institutionalization, religious holidays, and political violence. Int Stud Q. 2024 Jun;68(2):sqae046. DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqae046
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqae046
- dc.identifier.issn 0020-8833
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68422
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Oxford University Press
- dc.relation.ispartof International Studies Quarterly. 2024 Jun;68(2):sqae046
- dc.rights © Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in International Studies Association following peer review. The version of record Nong X, Wu CY. Rebel institutionalization, religious holidays, and political violence. Int Stud Q. 2024 Jun;68(2):sqae046. DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqae046 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/isq/article/68/2/sqae023/7634909 and https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqae046.
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- dc.subject.other Violència política
- dc.subject.other Festivitats religioses
- dc.subject.other Terrorisme
- dc.title Rebel institutionalization, religious holidays, and political violence
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