Kin Killing : Why Governments Target Family Members in Insurgency, and When It Works
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F22%3A10447707" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/22:10447707 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09636412.2022.2079997" target="_blank" >10.1080/09636412.2022.2079997</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Kin Killing : Why Governments Target Family Members in Insurgency, and When It Works
Original language description
Drawing on original interviews with ex-insurgents and eyewitnesses of the Second Chechen War (1999-2009), this article develops a theory of "kin killing," defined as the use of lethal violence against insurgents' relatives as a deliberate counterinsurgency tactic. Family-based targeting works by coercing insurgents to surrender or defect, deterring insurgents' relatives from retaliation, and discouraging prospective recruits from joining or supporting insurgents. Because it targets a small number of individuals who have strong ties to insurgents, kin killing is the most selective form of collective violence. The tactic is most likely to be used by illiberal regimes that know the identity of the insurgents, but not their location, and operate in traditional societies with large, tightly knit families. Most would consider kin killing-and its nonlethal counterpart, kin targeting-ethically reprehensible, but numerous countries have employed it with varying degrees of success, including Russia, the United Kingdom, and China. Militarily dominant regimes who employ kin killing can turn family members from force multipliers into pressure points for insurgents, as regimes "flip the network" and make restraint, rather than revenge, the best way to protect one's family. (C) 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - 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
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Security Studies
ISSN
0963-6412
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
31
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
35
Pages from-to
183-217
UT code for WoS article
000802997500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85131644342