Swords into plowshares: The organizational transformation of rebel groups into political parties |
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Authors: | John Ishiyama Anna Batta |
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Affiliation: | Department of Political Science, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305340, Denton, TX 76203-5017, USA |
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Abstract: | How do the features of a rebel group and the external political environment interact to affect the internal dynamics within a rebel group after it transforms into a political party? In this paper we combine literature on organizational change in parties in new democracies with the emerging literature on rebel group-to-party transformation, to develop a framework by which to understand these dynamics. Using the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as a case study, we find that the legacies of the conflict, the organizational legacies of the rebel group, and the post civil war incentives for electoral gain, create political cleavages within parties that generate considerable organizational centripetal pressures, pressures that will need to be accommodated in new party organizational structures. |
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Keywords: | Rebel parties Political parties Party organization Communist Nepal |
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