This paper explores rebel legitimacy building by investigating rebel network formation during civil wars. Through a longitudinal study of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, it examines various mechanisms through which a non-state armed group (NSAG) embellishes and enhances its legitimacy among domestic and international support networks. The research also theorizes the complex interaction between domestic and international legitimacy, when and why NSAGs prioritizes politically prestigious network over initial resource-based one, and the impact of the shift on rebel behavior. The causal process explores how rebels’ legitimacy consideration affects their lobbying and coalition-building efforts.

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反叛网络理论：摩洛伊斯兰解放阵线案例

本文通过调查内战期间叛乱网络的形成来探讨叛乱合法性的构建。通过对摩洛伊斯兰解放阵线的纵向研究，它考察了非国家武装组织（NSAG）在国内和国际支持网络中美化和增强其合法性的各种机制。该研究还对国内和国际合法性之间复杂的相互作用、国家安全集团何时以及为何优先考虑政治声誉网络而不是最初的基于资源的网络以及这一转变对叛乱行为的影响进行了理论分析。因果过程探讨了叛乱分子的合法性考虑如何影响他们的游说和联盟建设努力。