The Individual Disengagement of Avengers, Nationalists, and Jihadists [electronic resource] : Why Ex-Militants Choose to Abandon Violence in the North Caucasus /
Souleimanov, E.author.
Aliyev, H.author.
Drawing on unique first-hand data from Russia's North Caucasus, this study is the first of its kind to detail the causes and contexts of individual disengagement of various types of militants: avengers, nationalists, and jihadists. It aims to considerably enhance our theoretical understanding of individual militants' incentives to abandon violence.
Introduction -- 1 Theorizing militant disengagement -- 2 Conceptualizing pathways to individual insurgent (dis)engagement -- 3 Chechnya and Dagestan: ethnography, history, and conflicts -- 4 Individual disengagement in Chechnya and Dagestan -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on unique first-hand data from Russia's North Caucasus, this study is the first of its kind to detail the causes and contexts of individual disengagement of various types of militants: avengers, nationalists, and jihadists. It aims to considerably enhance our theoretical understanding of individual militants' incentives to abandon violence.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
Russia—Politics and government.
International relations.
Politics and war.
Peace.
Political science.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Russian and Post-Soviet Politics.
International Relations.
Military and Defence Studies.
Conflict Studies.
Political Science.
Individual disengagement of avengers, nationalists, and jihadists : why ex-militants choose to abandon violence in the North Caucasus.