Journal Article - Quarterly Journal: International Security

The Structure of Success: How the Internal Distribution of Power Drives Armed Group Behavior and National Movement Effectiveness

| Winter 2013/14

Summary

When and why do national movements succeed? What explains variation in the use and effectiveness of political violence employed by nationalist groups? Analysis of seventeen campaigns involving sixteen groups within the Palestinian and Algerian national movements suggests that hegemonic movements with one significant group are most likely to succeed.

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For Academic Citation: Krause, Peter. “The Structure of Success: How the Internal Distribution of Power Drives Armed Group Behavior and National Movement Effectiveness.” Quarterly Journal: International Security, vol. 38. no. 3. (Winter 2013/14):
pp. 72-117
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