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In this study, the war economy of an insurgent movement (UNITA) is conceptualized as a form of social organization, termed 'social order', comprising both a political system of authority and an economic structure. The core analytical question concerns the reciprocal influence of political and economic structures and how this reciprocity determines the internal functional logic of an insurgent system of organization. The concept of patrimonialism is adopted as analytical tool for the conceptualization of this reciprocal influence. The authors' hypothesis is that the co-existence of an internal patrimonial logic and a rational economic logic of interaction with external factors, results in hybridization of the insurgent 'social order'. The study concludes that war economies cause the perpetuation of conflict when the system of insurgent domination is stabilized on the basis of a patrimonial logic. (DÜI-Sbd)