{"product_id":"mobilizing-in-uncertainty-collective-identities-and-war-in-abkhazia-paperback","title":"Mobilizing in Uncertainty: Collective Identities and War in Abkhazia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnastasia Shesterinina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies\u003cbr\u003eCo-winner of the Charles Taylor Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do ordinary people navigate the intense uncertainty of the onset of war? Individuals mobilize in different ways--some flee, some pick up arms, and some support armed actors. Drawing on nearly two hundred in-depth interviews with participants and nonparticipants in the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992-1993, \u003ci\u003eMobilizing in Uncertainty\u003c\/i\u003e explores Abkhaz mobilization decisions during that conflict. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnastasia Shesterinina uncovers that to make sense of the violence, Abkhaz leaders, local authority figures, and others relied on shared understandings of the conflict and their roles in it--collective conflict identities--that they had developed before the war. People consolidated mobilization decisions within small groups of family and friends and based their actions on whom they understood to be threatened and mobilized to protect. Their decisions shaped how the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict unfolded. \u003ci\u003eMobilizing in Uncertainty\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on broader processes of violence, which have lasting effects on societies marked by intergroup conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnastasia Shesterinina is Chair in Comparative Politics and Director of the Centre for the Comparative Study of Civil War at the University of York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52634725974323,"sku":"9781501778964","price":71.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VOs-BsDXH39781501778964.webp?v=1762250066","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/mobilizing-in-uncertainty-collective-identities-and-war-in-abkhazia-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}