ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a large portion of the collective political violence transformative (CPVT) model which draws on the contentious politics literature and, in particular, the work of Charles Tilly, Sidney Tarrow, and Doug McAdam. The construction of the CPVT model uses this mechanism-process approach to explain the transformation of guerrilla movements. The three major factors thought to influence social movements- political opportunity structures, mobilizing structures, and framing processes- can be seen to influence the transformation of guerrilla movements. The study of the transformation of guerrilla movements requires a greater understanding of the causal variables and the antecedent conditions that influence variation in these causal variables, how these causal variables interact, and their sequencing. The chapter argues that two primary subgroups develop within a guerrilla movement as a result of these differences. These groups are referred to as 'true believers' (TB) and 'pragmatic members' (PM).
