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4 - Insurgency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2020

Gary M. Shiffman
Gary M. Shiffman
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Georgetown University, Washington DC
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An exploration of insurgency through the frameworks offered by a case study on Joseph Kony’s life and the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. By understanding Kony’s life, motivations, and the operation of the LRA as an insurgency, we see how understanding human behavior and the logic of violence through an economic lens offers more insight to a solution than a rote labeling of Kony as an insurgent. The chapter also examines the operation of the Cosa Nostra to emphasize these points.

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Joseph KonyCrimeInsurgencyLord’s Resistance ArmyRebellionSexual ViolenceTerrorismViolence
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The Economics of Violence
How Behavioral Science Can Transform our View of Crime, Insurgency, and Terrorism
 , pp. 81 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Insurgency
  • Gary M. Shiffman, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: The Economics of Violence
  • Online publication: 10 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316136072.005
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  • Insurgency
  • Gary M. Shiffman, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: The Economics of Violence
  • Online publication: 10 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316136072.005
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  • Insurgency
  • Gary M. Shiffman, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: The Economics of Violence
  • Online publication: 10 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316136072.005
Available formats
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