The Zapatista Social Netwar in Mexico,9780833026569

The Zapatista Social Netwar in Mexico

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ISBN13: 9780833026569
ISBN10: 0833026569
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-03-09
Publisher(s): RAND Corporation
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Summary

This study examines the rise of this social netwar, the information-age behaviors that characterizes it (e.g., extensive use of the internet), its effects on the Mexican military, its implications for Mexico's stability, and its implications for future occurrence elsewhere in the world.

Table of Contents

Preface iii
Figures
vii
Tables
ix
Summary xi
Acknowledgments xiii
An Insurgency Becomes A Social Netwar
1(6)
The Advent of Netwar: Analytic Background
7(16)
Definition of Netwar
9(8)
Networks vs. Hierarchies: Challenges for Counternetwar
17(1)
Varieties of Netwar
18(4)
Mexico---Scene of Multiple Netwars
22(1)
Emergence of the Zapatista Netwar
23(22)
Three Layers to the Zapatista Movement
24(2)
The Indigenas: Growing Desperation and Politicization
26(5)
The EZLN: Mixture of Vertical and Horizontal Designs
31(4)
Activist NGOs: Global, Regional, and Local Networks
35(8)
On the Eve of War
43(2)
Mobilization for Conflict
45(16)
The EZLN in Combat---A ``War of the Flea''
45(5)
Transnational NGO Mobilization---A ``War of the Swarm''
50(11)
Transformation of the Conflict
61(24)
Zapatista Emphasis on ``Information Operations''
62(12)
Attenuation and Restructuring of Combat Operations
74(5)
Government Efforts at Counternetwar
79(6)
The Netwar Simmers---and Diffuses
85(28)
Situational Standoff
85(3)
From the EZLN to the EPR---Diffusion In Mexico
88(7)
The Zapatista Netwar Goes Global
95(3)
Assessments of the EZLN/Zapatista Movement
98(9)
Actors to Watch: The Military and the NGOs
107(4)
Basic Implication for U.S. Military Policy: ``Guarded Openness''
111(2)
Beyond Mexico
113(42)
Toward a Demography of Social Netwar
116(2)
Evolution of Organization, Doctrine, and Strategy
118(2)
Favorable Conditions for Social Netwar
120(4)
Challenges to Authoritarian Systems
124(4)
Implications for the U.S. Army and Military Strategy
128(2)
Concluding Comment
130(3)
Appendix
A. Chronology of the Zapatista Social Netwar (1994--1996)
133(8)
B. Rethinking Mexico's Stability and Transformability
141(14)
Bibliography 155

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