Security, society and the state in the Caucasus
Introduction: security and democracy in the Caucasus: the interaction of state and society -- Introduction: security and democracy in the Caucasus -- Security governance and democracy in the Caucasus -- The human and economic geography of the Caucasus -- Ethnographic and sociological approaches -- N...
| Weitere Verfasser: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
London New York : Routledge,
2019
|
| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
|
| Schlagworte: | National security Democratization |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (203 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: security and democracy in the Caucasus: the interaction of state and society -- Introduction: security and democracy in the Caucasus -- Security governance and democracy in the Caucasus -- The human and economic geography of the Caucasus -- Ethnographic and sociological approaches -- Note -- Bibliography -- 1. The tip of the democratisation spear? Role and importance of the Georgian Armed Forces in the context of democratisation and European integration -- Introduction -- The Georgian armed forces from 1990 to 2016The first decade: building state institutions of security and defence -- The rise of the power structures after the Rose Revolution -- NATO integration as a priority foreign policy goal -- The super-presidential system: lack of democratic oversight -- The aftermath of the August 2008 war -- Defence institutions after the 2012 change of power in Georgia -- Parliamentary oversight remains weak -- EU assistance to Georgia -- Cooperation under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CDSP) -- The way forward for increased cooperation on defence sector reform -- Entry points for the EU in Georgia's defence sector reform -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 2. Russian governance of the North Caucasus: dilemmas of force and inclusion -- Introduction -- The policy of force -- The policy of economic development -- The policy of political participation -- The policy of identification and belonging -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3. Overcoming the status quo in the unrecognised states of the South Caucasus: internal and external limitations -- Introduction -- Peacebuilding and democratisation in the unrecognised states of the South Caucasus: external limitations From external to internal coping mechanisms for state survival: limitations on independence and democratisation -- Democratisation and dependency: strategic adjustments by the unrecognised states towards recognition and the status quo -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 4. Transformation policies and local modernisation initiatives in the North Caucasus -- Introduction -- The demographic situation: crucial transformations -- Islamic vs. socioeconomic modernisation -- The North Caucasus: a traditional or contemporary society? -- Family and society -- Mobility -- Education -- Success -- Customs and traditions -- Future -- Unsolved economic problems: what is the way out? -- Financial basis and the shadow economy -- "Anchor" investment projects -- Local development and obstacles to its progress -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. The making of groups, boundaries and cleavages in the South Caucasus: from macro to micro dynamics -- Introduction -- Regional dynamics: conflicts, commercial agreements, geopolitics and economic trajectories intertwined -- Borders and boundaries as loci of power -- Zooming in: the territoriality of the boundaries straddling the Inguri River -- Shaping ethnicity to suit geopolitics: tinkering with yet another boundary -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 6. Arctic labour migration, vulnerability, and social change in the South Caucasus: the case of Azerbaijanis in the polar cities of Murmansk and Norilsk -- Introduction and methodology -- Migration to the extreme North and the reconstruction of the socio-economic field in Azerbaijan -- Topography and temporality of migration to polar cities: case studies of Murmansk and Norilsk -- New frontiers, ancient migrations and reshaping of the urban landscape -- Territorialisation of plural economic niches and generational trajectories -- Migration for military service Migration for work: territoriality and social ties -- Embedded reticular migration -- Role of diaspora associations in the reconstruction of social networks -- Being secure in the Great North: representations of the Kola Peninsula, between stability and security -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7. Armenian volunteer fighters in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: an eye on narrative trajectories in a no-war no-peace situation -- Introduction -- Becoming a combatant: singular trajectories within a collective sociopolitical history -- One way of dating the outbreak of war: Sumgait -- Committed volunteers, improvised fighters -- 'Political scheming' versus 'noble fighting' -- Unresolved conflict and the paradox of an ordinary state of alert seen through veterans' social trajectories -- Reinsertion of former fighters and the institutionalized state of alert -- The Yerkrapah Union, a case in point -- Making transmission their new mission: from the battlefield to the teaching ground, and back -- Conclusion -- Interviews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 8. 'Exorcism of cultural otherness': refugee women in post-Soviet Armenia -- Historical review of the issue -- Refugee stereotypes and attitudes towards the 'other' -- The process of stereotyping between local Armenians and Armenian refugees -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Index |
|---|---|
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (203 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781351134828 1351134825 9780815353881 081535388X |