عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA107566
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The Rational Rebel:
General Material Designation
[Article]
Other Title Information
How Rational, How Rebellious? Some African Examples
First Statement of Responsibility
Rob Buijtenhuijs
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
My aim in this article is to evaluate some general statements on civil violence, and more particularly on the purposefulness of collective action and on the alleged rationality that moves social actors launching rebellion. With the use of African examples, examples that are too seldom taken into account in theoretical explanations of violent conflict, it is shown that rationality in collective action can certainly not be dismissed out of hand, but that some caveats have to be entered into the argument: some African rebels, although acting rationaly, base themselves on completely erroneous information, while in other cases social actors consciously opt for life or a career as a rebel, but out of motives that anything but "revolutionary". My aim in this article is to evaluate some general statements on civil violence, and more particularly on the purposefulness of collective action and on the alleged rationality that moves social actors launching rebellion. With the use of African examples, examples that are too seldom taken into account in theoretical explanations of violent conflict, it is shown that rationality in collective action can certainly not be dismissed out of hand, but that some caveats have to be entered into the argument: some African rebels, although acting rationaly, base themselves on completely erroneous information, while in other cases social actors consciously opt for life or a career as a rebel, but out of motives that anything but "revolutionary".
SET
Date of Publication
1996
Physical description
3-25
Title
Afrika Focus
Volume Number
12/1-3
International Standard Serial Number
2031-356X
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Africa South of the Sahara
Subject Term
African Studies
Subject Term
Civil violence
Subject Term
General
Subject Term
Rational choice theory
Subject Term
Social Sciences
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Rob Buijtenhuijs
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
Call Number
10.1163/2031356X-0120103002
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مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Article]
275578
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