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Splinter Groups

Splinter Groups is an insurgent organization that emerges through the formal or informal division of a pre-existing insurgency, distinguished by its partial ideological, strategic, or leadership divergence from the parent group while retaining a shared origin in the broader conflict.

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1.4K

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58

Authors

35

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Splinter Group

Parents

Publications

37

Inside the Cult: Religious Innovation and Transmission in Papua New Guinea.

Frederick Errington, Harvey Whitehouse · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute · 1997 · 199 citations

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The West Side Boys: military navigation in the Sierra Leone civil war

Mats Utas, Magnus Jörgel · The Journal of Modern African Studies · 2008 · 99 citations

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Ethnicity In The Electoral Process: The 1992 General Elections In Kenya

Walter O. Oyugi · African Journal of Political Science · 1997 · 99 citations · Full text

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Elections in Zimbabwe: The ZANU (PF) Hegemony and its Incipient Decline

Masipula Sithole, John Mw Makumbe · 1997 · 88 citations · Full text

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Yet Another Populist Party? Understanding the Rise of Brothers of Italy

Gianfranco Baldini, Filippo Tronconi, Davide Angelucci · South European Society & Politics · 2022 · 82 citations · Full text

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Authors

58

  1. DC
    David Corkill

    Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  2. AR
    Anne Rasmussen

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  3. CN
    Chikodiri Nwangwu

    University of Nigeria, Nigeria

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  4. LF
    Leah Farrall

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  5. JT
    John T. Mickel

    New York Botanical Garden, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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Institutions

35

  1. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    107 citations

  2. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  3. University of Nigeria

    Nsukka, Nigeria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  4. Central European University

    Vienna, Austria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

  5. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  6. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  7. California Southern University

    Chandler, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  8. Nordic Africa Institute

    Uppsala, Sweden

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    198 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 45 citations

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  2. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  3. Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  4. Government and Opposition

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  5. Exchange

    1 publications · 12 citations

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