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1 online resource (203 pages) |
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BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies |
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BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies
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880-01 Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 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 |
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880-01/(N <P>Introduction: Security and democracy in the Caucasus: the societal dimension --<I>Kevork Oskanian, Derek Averre and Laure Delcour </P></I><P></P><P>Chapter 1: The tip of the democratisation spearRole and importance of the Georgian Armed Forces in the context of democratisation and European integration -- <I>Marion Kipiani</I></P><P>Chapter 2: Russian governance of the North Caucasus: Dilemmas of force and inclusion -- <I>Julie Wilhelmsen </I></P><P>Chapter 3: Overcoming the status quo in the unrecognised states of the South Caucasus: internal and external limitations -- <I>Roxana Andrei </I><I></P></I><P>Chapter 4: Transformation policies and local modernisation initiatives in the North Caucasus -- <I>V.А. Kolosov, O.I. Vendina, A.A. Gritsenko, M.V. Zotova, O.B. Glezer, A.A. Panin, A.B. Sebentsov, and V.N. Streletskii </I></P><P>Chapter 5: The making of groups, boundaries and cleavages in the South Caucasus: from macro to micro dynamics -- <I>Giulia Prelz Oltramonti </I></P><P>Chapter 6: Arctic labour migration, vulnerability and social change in the South Caucasus: The case of Azerbaijanis in the polar cities of Murmansk and Norilsk -- <I>Sophie Hohmann</I></P><P>Chapter 7: War veterans of Caucasian conflicts: diverging trajectories of war-related resources in 'post-conflict' situations -- <I>Aude Merlin and Taline Papazian </I></P><P>Chapter 8: 'Exorcism of Cultural Otherness': The Refugee Women in Post-Soviet Armenia -- <I>Evia Hovhannisyan</P></I> |
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1. The tip of the democratisation spear? Role and importance of the Georgian Armed Forces in the context of democratisation and European integrationIntroduction; 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 |
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EU assistance to GeorgiaCooperation 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 |
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3. Overcoming the status quo in the unrecognised states of the South Caucasus: internal and external limitationsIntroduction; 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 |
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The demographic situation: crucial transformationsIslamic 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 |
| Summary |
The Caucasus, including the South Caucasus states and Russia's North Caucasus, continues to be an area of instability and conflict. This book, based on extensive original research, explores in detail at both the local and regional level the interaction between state and society and the impact of external actors' engagement in the region within a conceptual framework linking security and democracy. Unlike other books on the subject, which tend to examine the issues from a Western political science perspective, this book incorporates insights from sociology, geography and anthropology as well as politics and contains contributions from scholars who have carried out extensive research in the region within a European Commission-funded Seventh Framework Programme project |
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Regional dynamics: conflicts, commercial agreements, geopolitics and economic trajectories intertwined |
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Print version record |
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Political stability.
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Politics and government
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Security, International.
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Social history.
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Social Conditions
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social history.
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Political stability
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Politics and government
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Security, International
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Social history
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Averre, Derek
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| ISBN |
9781351134828 |
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1351134825 |
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9781351134811 |
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1351134817 |
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9781351134804 |
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1351134809 |
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9781351134835 |
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1351134833 |
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