Why Some Colombian Guerrilla Members Stayed in the Movement Until Demobilization: A Micro-Sociological Case Study of Factors That Influenced Members' Commitment to Three Former Rebel Organizations: M-19, EPL, and CRS

Mauricio Florez-Morris

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2010, vol. 22, issue 2, 216-241

Abstract: Based on 42 in-depth interviews with members of three former Colombian guerrilla organizations, M-19, EPL, and CRS, reasons why they stayed in these organizations through several years, if not decades, of violent confrontation with government forces are examined. From a micro-level perspective, the study identifies four important motivations for members to remain in these groups: personal dependence on their organization, values shared with other members and with the group, the clandestine life-style, and self-identity, which is boosted by the subjects' feeling that their work in the group matters.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/09546551003590167

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