Hired guns: using pro-government militias for political competition

Pro-government militias (PGMs) are armed, political organizations that assist regime and state elites through illicit violence. This article considers how and where to situate militias within larger frameworks of political violence and its emerging contexts. Pro-government militias have increased in...

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Authors: Raleigh, Clionadh (Author) ; Kishi, Roudabeh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 582-603
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Keywords:
Africa
Conflict
Democracy
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Political Violence