@article{2014:hensell:von_rebell,
title = {Von Rebellen zu Eliten. Aufstieg und Scheitern bewaffneter Gruppen nach dem Krieg},
year = {2014},
note = {In many post-war contexts, former rebels pursue political careers and
their advancement is part of the formation of new elites. However,
while some rise to senior political positions, others have to be
content with lower level positions or are even completely
marginalized. The article outlines a theory of the emergence and
reproduction of elite power in the social space of the post-war
society to explain this variance. The central proposition is that
rebel careers are mainly dependent on power resources which have been
accumulated after the war and not during the conflict. Case studies of
Liberia and Kosovo serve as a first plausibility probe of our thesis
and explain the post-war political careers of former rebels in the two
cases with the help of the theoretical conception.},
journal = {PVS Politische Vierteljahresschrift},
pages = {217--242},
author = {Hensell, Stephan and Gerdes, Felix},
volume = {55},
number = {2}
}