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What do they Want? Rebels’ Objectives and Civil War Mediation

  • Carmela Lutmar EMAIL logo and Lesley Terris
Published/Copyright: December 18, 2018

Abstract

In this paper, we focus on mediation in intrastate conflicts, specifically on the impact of rebel group goals on the prospects for mediation. We ask whether the goals for which rebel groups fight (i.e. secession, irredentism, autonomy, greater political rights, government overthrow) have an impact on the likelihood that these conflicts will be mediated. We test our hypotheses on a new data set of rebel groups in Africa 1962–2010.

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Published Online: 2018-12-18

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