Legacies of Victors' Rebel Governance

Insurgents who achieve state control through military victory or elections after peace settlements can introduce ideas and structures of civilian governance they developed during their rebellions. Some come close to fulfilling their prospective legacies while others abandon them despite commitment to them during civil war. Characteristics of rebel governance and habits of military command enhance or constrain the creation of legacy. Significant factors can be classified in three categories: dimensions of rebel governance, contextual features of civil war and responses after taking state control. The National Resistance Movement's limited realisation of its wartime rebel governance in Uganda illustrates many of them.