Battle for Allegiance
Domestic terrorist groups, like all violent nonstate actors, compete with governments for their monopoly on violence and their legitimacy in representing the citizenry. Battle for Allegiance shows violence is neither the only nor the most effective way in which nonstate actors and governments work t...
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2026
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| author | Seden, Akcinaroglu Efe, Tokdemir |
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| description | Domestic terrorist groups, like all violent nonstate actors, compete with governments for their monopoly on violence and their legitimacy in representing the citizenry. Battle for Allegiance shows violence is neither the only nor the most effective way in which nonstate actors and governments work to achieve their goals. As much as nonviolent strategies are a rarely considered piece of the puzzle, the role of the audience is another crucial piece often downplayed in the literature. Many studies emphasize the interactions between the government and the terrorist group at the expense of the constituency, but the constituency is the common cluster for both actors to gain legitimacy and to demand its allegiance. In fact, the competition between the two actors goes far beyond who is superior in terms of military force and tactics. The hardest battles are fought over the allegiance of the citizens. Using a multimethod approach based on exclusive interviews and focus groups from Turkey and large N original data from around the world, Seden Akcinaroglu and Efe Tokdemir present the first systematic empirical analysis of the ways in which terrorist groups, the government, and the citizens relate to each other in a triadic web of action. They study the nonviolent actions of terrorist groups toward their constituencies, the nonviolent actions of governments toward terrorists, and the nonviolent actions of governments toward the terrorist group’s constituencies. By investigating the causes, targets, and consequences of accommodative actions, this book sheds light on an important, but generally ignored, aspect of terrorism: interactive nonviolent strategies. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1761132026-06-12T07:16:01Z Battle for Allegiance Seden, Akcinaroglu Efe, Tokdemir Legitimacy Competition Government Violent non-state actors Non-state armed groups Terrorism Terrorist group Terrorists Non-violence Hearts and minds Audience Constituency Counter-terrorism strategies Turkey Kurds PKK Concessions Strategic actions Constructive strategies Destructive strategies Original data Interview Focus group Survey Conflict outcome thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTU Peace studies and conflict resolution thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence Domestic terrorist groups, like all violent nonstate actors, compete with governments for their monopoly on violence and their legitimacy in representing the citizenry. Battle for Allegiance shows violence is neither the only nor the most effective way in which nonstate actors and governments work to achieve their goals. As much as nonviolent strategies are a rarely considered piece of the puzzle, the role of the audience is another crucial piece often downplayed in the literature. Many studies emphasize the interactions between the government and the terrorist group at the expense of the constituency, but the constituency is the common cluster for both actors to gain legitimacy and to demand its allegiance. In fact, the competition between the two actors goes far beyond who is superior in terms of military force and tactics. The hardest battles are fought over the allegiance of the citizens. Using a multimethod approach based on exclusive interviews and focus groups from Turkey and large N original data from around the world, Seden Akcinaroglu and Efe Tokdemir present the first systematic empirical analysis of the ways in which terrorist groups, the government, and the citizens relate to each other in a triadic web of action. They study the nonviolent actions of terrorist groups toward their constituencies, the nonviolent actions of governments toward terrorists, and the nonviolent actions of governments toward the terrorist group’s constituencies. By investigating the causes, targets, and consequences of accommodative actions, this book sheds light on an important, but generally ignored, aspect of terrorism: interactive nonviolent strategies. 2026-05-01T05:37:38Z 2026-05-01T05:37:38Z 2026-04-30T10:10:10Z 2020 book ONIX_20260429T161216_9780472907205_7 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112749 9780472907205 9780472126842 9780472131990 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176113 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112749/1/9780472907205.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112749/1/9780472907205.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112749/1/9780472907205.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112749/1/9780472907205.pdf Michigan State University Press 10.3998/mpub.10147268 10.3998/mpub.10147268 aa7f6664-5117-41d8-90f8-c3af56526b92 9780472907205 9780472126842 9780472131990 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) University of Michigan Press International Studies in Democracy Backlist 2026 KU Partner Collections 2026 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Partner Collections 2026 University of Michigan Press International Studies in Democracy Backlist 2026 218 open access |
| spellingShingle | Legitimacy Competition Government Violent non-state actors Non-state armed groups Terrorism Terrorist group Terrorists Non-violence Hearts and minds Audience Constituency Counter-terrorism strategies Turkey Kurds PKK Concessions Strategic actions Constructive strategies Destructive strategies Original data Interview Focus group Survey Conflict outcome thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTU Peace studies and conflict resolution thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence Seden, Akcinaroglu Efe, Tokdemir Battle for Allegiance |
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| topic | Legitimacy Competition Government Violent non-state actors Non-state armed groups Terrorism Terrorist group Terrorists Non-violence Hearts and minds Audience Constituency Counter-terrorism strategies Turkey Kurds PKK Concessions Strategic actions Constructive strategies Destructive strategies Original data Interview Focus group Survey Conflict outcome thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTU Peace studies and conflict resolution thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence |
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