rebellion
Sign in to saveRebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a portion of a state. A rebellion is often caused by political, religious, or social grievances that originate from a perceived inequality or marginalization. Rebellion comes from Latin re and bellum, and in Lockian philosophy refers to the responsibility of the people to overthrow unjust government.
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A rebellion is an organized uprising where people resist and fight against their government, typically driven by political, religious, or social grievances stemming from perceived inequality or marginalization. It matters because rebellions can reshape societies and governments, and they reflect fundamental questions about when citizens have the right to challenge authority they view as unjust.
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- Classification
- Causes
- Macro approach
- Marxist view
- Ted Gurr: Roots of political violence
- Charles Tilly: Centrality of collective action
- Chalmers Johnson and societal values
- Theda Skocpol and the autonomy of the state
- Microfoundational evidence on causes
- ''The Rational Peasant''
- Opportunity cost of rebellion
- Selective incentives based on group membership
- Greed vs grievance model
- ''The Moral Economy of the Peasant''
- Early conceptualization: E. P. Thompson and bread riots in England
- James C. Scott and the formalization of the moral economy argument
- Other non-material incentives
- Recruitment
- Rebel governance
- Peace agreements
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a portion of a state. A rebellion is often caused by political, religious, or social grievances that originate from a perceived inequality or marginalization. Rebellion comes from Latin re and bellum, and in Lockian philosophy refers to the responsibility of the people to overthrow unjust government.
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