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Why Follow the Leader? Collective Action, Credible Commitment and Conflict

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dc.contributor.authorKeefer, Philip
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-02T15:32:05Z
dc.date.available2013-01-02T15:32:05Z
dc.date.issued2012-08
dc.description.abstractMost analyses of conflict assume that conflicting groups act in a unitary fashion. This assumption is often violated: to reduce their risk of replacement, group leaders prevent both group members and soldiers from acting collectively, making it difficult for leaders to make credible commitments to them. Lifting the assumption that groups are unitary shifts the analysis of a wide range of conflict issues. The effects of income shocks and rents on conflict risk become contingent on collective action. Leader decisions regarding collective action explain the forcible recruitment of child soldiers and predation on civilians: leaders who prefer to limit military organization are more likely to pursue these tactics. Leader decisions regarding collective action also introduce an unexplored mechanism by which state capacity is created and a specific reason to regard state capacity as endogenous to conflict risk. This focus, finally, suggests that interventions to reduce conflict risk, such as safety net payments or service delivery, are likely to be most difficult to deliver precisely where leaders are most reluctant to allow collective action and where, therefore, conflict risk is highest.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16625165/follow-leader-collective-action-credible-commitment-conflict
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6179
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/12023
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;no. 6179
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAIR FORCE
dc.subjectARMED CONFLICT
dc.subjectARMED FORCES
dc.subjectARMIES
dc.subjectARMORED VEHICLES
dc.subjectARMS
dc.subjectATTACK
dc.subjectATTACKS
dc.subjectBARGAINING
dc.subjectBATTLE
dc.subjectCHILD SOLDIERS
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCIVIL WAR
dc.subjectCIVIL WARS
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subjectCOMBATANTS
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectCONFLICT MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectCONFLICT RESEARCH
dc.subjectCONFLICT RESOLUTION
dc.subjectCONFLICTS
dc.subjectCONSTRAINT
dc.subjectCOUNTERINSURGENCY
dc.subjectCRIMINALS
dc.subjectDEFENSE
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDOCUMENTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectELECTIONS
dc.subjectETHNIC CONFLICT
dc.subjectETHNIC DIVERSITY
dc.subjectEXPROPRIATION
dc.subjectFIGHTING
dc.subjectFOUNDATIONS
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectGENOCIDE
dc.subjectGUERRILLA
dc.subjectGUNS
dc.subjectIMPERFECT INFORMATION
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINSURGENT
dc.subjectINSURGENTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectMILITARIES
dc.subjectMILITARY EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectMILITARY FORCES
dc.subjectMILITARY READINESS
dc.subjectMILITARY RELATIONS
dc.subjectMOTIVATION
dc.subjectNATIONAL SECURITY
dc.subjectOBSERVERS
dc.subjectOPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectOPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subjectPEACE
dc.subjectPOLARIZATION
dc.subjectPOLICE
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL VIOLENCE
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectREBEL
dc.subjectREBEL ARMY
dc.subjectREBELS
dc.subjectRECONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectRENTS
dc.subjectRULE OF LAW
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectSAFETY NET
dc.subjectSECURITY FORCES
dc.subjectSECURITY THREATS
dc.subjectSOCIAL CONFLICT
dc.subjectSOLDIERS
dc.subjectTACTICS
dc.subjectTHREAT
dc.subjectTHREATS
dc.subjectTRAP
dc.subjectTRIGGER
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectVETERANS
dc.subjectVIETNAM WAR
dc.subjectVIOLENCE
dc.subjectVOTING RIGHTS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWARS
dc.subjectWEAPONS
dc.titleWhy Follow the Leader? Collective Action, Credible Commitment and Conflicten
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaJobs
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaFragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.crossref.titleWhy Follow the Leader? Collective Action, Credible Commitment and Conflict
okr.date.disclosure2012-08-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:02:06.865710Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16625165/follow-leader-collective-action-credible-commitment-conflict
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.guid944601468147557001
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6179
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20120821171536
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum16625165
okr.identifier.reportWPS6179
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicConflict and Development::Armed Conflict
okr.topicConflict and Development::Post Conflict Reconstruction
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicPeace and Peacekeeping
okr.topicInternational Terrorism and Counterterrorism
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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