The Individual Disengagement Of Avengers, Nationalists, And Jihadists: Why Ex-militants Choose To Abandon Violence In The North Caucasus Why Ex-militants Choose To Abandon Violence In The North Caucasus

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. 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 Introduction -- Aims And Goals Of The Study -- Data And Methods -- Contents Of The Book -- Theorizing Militant Disengagement -- Conceptualizing Pathways To Individual Insurgent (dis)engagement -- Cechnya And Dagestan: Ethnography, History, And Conflicts -- Individual Disengagement In Chechnya And Dagestan -- Conclusion. Emil Souleimanov, Huseyn Aliyev. Formerly Cip. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 90-98) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction....Pages 1-8 Theorizing Militant Disengagement....Pages 9-24 Conceptualizing Pathways to Individual Insurgent (Dis) Engagement....Pages 25-43 Chechnya and Dagestan: Ethnography, History, and Conflicts....Pages 44-59 Individual Disengagement in Chechnya and Dagestan....Pages 60-85 Conclusion....Pages 86-89 Back Matter....Pages 90-104