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Podcast: Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast
Episode: Megan Stewart, "Governing for Revolution: Statebuilding in Civil War" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Description: In Governing for Revolution: Social Transformation in Civil War (Cambridge University Press, 2021) Dr. Megan Stewart argues that despite significant risks, some rebels undertake costly governance projects during wartime, to achieve transformational goals. Dr. Stewart explores the development of this model by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and how its become a prototype ever since. Dr. Stewart uses different kinds of qualitative case studies as well as quantitative analysis to prove her theory, using archival data from six countries, primary rebel sources, and fieldwork.Miranda Melcher (Ph.D., Defense Studies, Kings College, London) studies post-conflict military integration, understanding tre...