Defected and loyal? A case study of counter-defection mechanisms inside Chechen paramilitaries

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2016.1194270" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2016.1194270</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2016.1194270" target="_blank" >10.1080/09546553.2016.1194270</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Defected and loyal? A case study of counter-defection mechanisms inside Chechen paramilitaries

Original language description

Can former insurgents in the service of counterinsurgent paramilitaries be considered a perfectly loyal force? What mechanisms may help to deter subsequent defections of individuals who have already &quot;betrayed&quot; once? Drawing on a unique set of primary data, this article examines the effective counter-defection practices of Chechnya&apos;s pro-Moscow paramilitaries toward prospective defectors from among ex-insurgents. It explores three interwoven mechanisms employed with various intensities to avert &quot;double defections&quot; at the peak of the locally fought counterinsurgency in Chechnya from 2000 to 2005. These mechanisms are: a) extrajudicial executions of recidivists and their relatives, b) initiation violence targeting insurgents&apos; relatives, and c) disclosure of the identities of defected insurgents who were responsible for killing insurgents in combat to the families of slain insurgents.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Terrorism and Political Violence

ISSN

0954-6553

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

30

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

616-636

UT code for WoS article

000436840200003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84978052575