The individual disengagement of avengers, nationalists, and jihadists : why ex-militants choose to abandon violence in the North Caucasus / Emil Souleimanov and Huseyn Aliyev.
Drawing on a range of hitherto unknown first-hand data, this book is the first of its kind to offer an explanation of the motivations of various types of militants -- avengers, nationalists, and jihadists -- to abandon violence. Empirically, this book problematizes the established view of North Cauc...
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| Other title: | Why ex-militants choose to abandon violence in the North Caucasus. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Series: | Palgrave pivot.
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| Summary: | Drawing on a range of hitherto unknown first-hand data, this book is the first of its kind to offer an explanation of the motivations of various types of militants -- avengers, nationalists, and jihadists -- to abandon violence. Empirically, this book problematizes the established view of North Caucasian militants as a monolithic category of 'Islamic terrorists.' Theoretically, it points out that distinct types of insurgents are variously resilient to external and internal pressures to disengage. The study posits that stronger adherence to ideology, higher lethality rates, indiscriminate violence, disclosed identities, interrupted social links, and stronger group membership render jihadists, followed by nationalists, and in contrast to avengers, the less likely category of militants to seek individual disengagement. -- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 104 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137498830 1137498838 9781137498847 1137498846 |
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