Special Issue: Violence in the Post-Soviet Space [Guest Editors]

Kuhrt, N. and Kaczmarski, M. (2016) Special Issue: Violence in the Post-Soviet Space [Guest Editors]. Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, 2(2),

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Abstract

This special issue deals with the phenomenon of violence in the post-Soviet space. The central preoccupation is to examine both political and legal discourses and practices of internal and external violence, broadly conceived, in this space. Simultaneously the special issue aspires to situate these discourses and practices in the broader literature on political violence and ethnic and separatist conflict, and to examine these from political, legal, and security studies perspectives. The issue approaches the problem of violence in the post-Soviet space from three perspectives: The international-structural, inter-state, and domestic-political. The contributors focus on structural sources of violence: The relevance of the self-determination principle, the role of democratization, and the relationship between violent behavior inside and outside the state. They also analyze the role of the Russian Federation in generating, perpetuating, and mitigating political violence. Finally, they adopt a bottom-up approach, exploring how non-state actors contribute to political violence.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Kaczmarski, Dr Marcin
Authors: Kuhrt, N., and Kaczmarski, M.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Central and East European Studies
Journal Name:Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Publisher:Ibidem Press
ISSN:2634-5334

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