The plains and mountains of Maguindanao, central Mindanao.
Photo by Jennifer Keister
PAST EVENT
States Within States: The Social Contracts of Rebel Groups
Brown Bag Lunch
Series: International Security Brown Bag Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 19, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.
| Speaker: | Jennifer Keister, Research Fellow, International Security/Intrastate Conflict Programs |
Related Project: International Security
Description:
How rebels relate to the domestic populations varies widely. Some rebel groups engage in theft, extortion, and kidnapping, while others set up state-like exchanges of security and other public goods for support. The speaker will argue this variations stems from how different rebel groups balance two challenges. Like states, rebels must balance 1) their political goals and efforts to extract concessions from their rivals, and 2) building and maintaining their own organization. Rebels must build and maintain legitimacy in the face of interactions with civilians, the incumbent regime, and international interests. This seminar uses the logic of social contracting to explain this variation and will suggest preliminary findings from field research in Mindanao.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Contact:
ISP Program Coordinator
International Security Program,
79 John F. Kennedy St., Mailbox 53,
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: susan_lynch@hks.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-496-1981
Fax: 617-495-8963
Url: http://www.belfercenter.org/ISP/
