Who fights for governments? explaining paramilitary mobilization in Ukraine and beyond / Huseyn Aliyev.

Portion of title Explaining paramilitary mobilization in Ukraine and beyond
Contents Toward the theory of paramilitary mobilization -- Researching paramilitary mobilization -- The onset -- The active combat phase -- Cessation -- What do the numbers say? -- Conclusions -- Epilogue: The 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Abstract Exploring why, when and under which circumstances individuals decide to take up arms mobilizing for pro-government militias, Huseyn Aliyev draws on insights from long-standing ethnographic fieldwork among former and active members of Ukraine's pro-government volunteer battalions, and an original database of militias' obituaries, to offer this complex and in-depth explanation of the phenomenon of pro-government mobilization.Revealing the patterns and dynamics of individual mobilization into pro-government militias, this study is critical to understanding how the Ukrainian nation succeeded in repelling Russian aggression both in 2014-15 and in 2022, but also essential to explaining how and why hundreds of pro-government militias emerge in the context of armed conflicts in different parts of the world.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Aliyev, Huseyn. Who fights for governments? New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025 9781350498433
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ISBN9781350498419
ISBN1350498416 hardcover
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ISBN1350498440 paperback
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