The Caucasus emirate : ideology, identity, and insurgency in Russia’s North Caucasus / Mark Youngman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Youngman, Mark, author.

Series:

New Directions in Terrorism Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caucasus Emirate.

Political violence.

Caucasus, Northern (Russia)--Relations--Russia.

Caucasus, Northern (Russia).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 246 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Mark Youngman is Executive Director of Threatologist, a research consultancy that helps individuals and organisations understand security threats in Russia and Eurasia

Summary:

This book analyses the role of ideology and identity in the North Caucasus insurgency, exploring how rebel leaders balanced local, national, and global factors in their efforts to justify and promote armed struggle against the Russian state.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Background and framework – 1. The IK in historical context – 2. Insurgent ideologies

Part II. Ideology across space and time – 3. Ideology at the centre – 4. Dagestan — going to extremes – 5. Kabardino-Balkaria — social roots and sophistication – 6. Ingushetia — indistinct insurgency

Part III. Interpreting the ideology of insurgency – 7. Variance, continuity and change across the IK – 8. Locating the IK on the jihadist landscape

Conclusion: Lessons from the ideology of the IK

Appendix: Methodology.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher-supplied metadata and online publication, viewed 5 June, 2025.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Youngman, Mark The Caucasus Emirate

ISBN:

9781526185457

OCLC:

1519986742