Warlords and coalition politics in post-Soviet states:

"The breakup of the U.S.S.R. was unexpected and unexpectedly peaceful. Though a third of the new states fell prey to violent civil conflict, anarchy on the post-Soviet periphery, when it occurred, was quickly cauterized. This book argues that this outcome had nothing to do with security guarant...

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1. Verfasser: Driscoll, Jesse 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Cambridge Univ. Press 2015
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in comparative politics
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Zusammenfassung:"The breakup of the U.S.S.R. was unexpected and unexpectedly peaceful. Though a third of the new states fell prey to violent civil conflict, anarchy on the post-Soviet periphery, when it occurred, was quickly cauterized. This book argues that this outcome had nothing to do with security guarantees by Russia or the United Nations and everything to do with local innovation by ruthless warlords, who competed and colluded in a high-risk coalition formation game. Drawing on a structured comparison of Georgian and Tajik militia members, the book combines rich comparative data with formal modeling, treating the post-Soviet space as an extraordinary laboratory to observe the limits of great powers' efforts to shape domestic institutions in weak states"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: 1. Revisionist history; 2. Predator collusion: a high-stakes game; 3. Kto kogo?; 4. Warlord coalitions and militia politics; 5. Coup-proofing; 6. Implications; Case selection and external validity; Mathematical proofs; Anonymous warlords
Beschreibung:xiii, 242 S. graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:9781107063358

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