How Socio-Cultural Codes Shaped Violent Mobilization and Pro-Insurgent Support in the Chechen Wars

Emil Aslan Souleimanov, Huseyn Aliyev (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

VIII, 79 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-85015-3 (ISBN)

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This book argues that the existing scholarship on asymmetric conflict has so far failed to take into account the role of socio-cultural disparities among belligerents. In order to remedy this deficiency, this study conceptualizes socio-cultural asymmetry under the term of asymmetry of values. It proposes that socio-cultural values which are based upon the codes of retaliation, silence, and hospitality - values which are intrinsic to honor cultures , yet absent from modern institutionalized cultures - may significantly affect violent mobilization and pro-insurgent support in that they facilitate recruitment into and support for insurgent groups, while denying such support to incumbent forces. Utilizing Russia's counterinsurgency campaigns in the First and Second Chechnya Wars as an empirical case study, this study explains how asymmetry of values can have an effect on the dynamics of contemporary irregular wars.

Emil Aslan Souleimanov is Associate Professor of International Area Studies at Charles University, Czech Republic. His recent work focuses on the micro-dynamics of violence and political ethnography with emphasis on Russia's North Caucasus. Huseyn Aliyev is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Center for Security Studies of Metropolitan University Prague. His current research interests are civil wars and extra-state armed groups, as well as informal politics and institutions.

"Excellent, innovative, and thought-provoking study on the Chechen Wars." (Caspar ten Dam, Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 33 (6), 2021)

“Excellent, innovative, and thought-provoking study on the Chechen Wars.” (Caspar ten Dam, Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 33 (6), 2021)

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 79 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	130 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	chechnya • Honor cultures • Insurgency • Irregular war • Russian and Post-Soviet Politics • Violent mobilisation
ISBN-10	3-319-85015-6 / 3319850156
ISBN-13	978-3-319-85015-3 / 9783319850153
Zustand	Neuware