Insurgency Success Factors and Rebel Legitimacy
a causational relationship between the resources legitimacy awards and outcomes on success
provides insight into how rebel groups harness opportunities to obtain resources and achieve
success.
This paper is organized into seven chapters. This paragraph concludes chapter one, which
provided an overview of the importance, gaps, and need for examining the relationship between
rebel legitimacy and success. Chapter two reviews existing literature on rebel legitimacy and
success, and concludes with a detailed description of the analytical methods used in this research.
Chapters three through six apply the framework detailed in chapter two to the Chechen Rebellion
from 1990-2007. These chapters evaluate how legitimacy awarded through political space
(chapter three), external actors (chapter four), civilian support (chapter five), and organizational
management (chapter six) influenced success and failure in the Chechen rebellion. The paper
concludes with chapter seven, which summarizes the key arguments and findings of the analysis.
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