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Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States

Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

General Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1107636450
ISBN13: 9781107636453
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jul 27 2017
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The breakup of the U.S.S.R. was unexpected and unexpectedly peaceful. Though a third of the new states fell prey to violent civil conflict, anarchy on the post-Soviet periphery, when it occurred, was quickly cauterized. This book argues that this outcome had nothing to do with security guarantees by Russia or the United Nations and everything to do with local innovation by ruthless warlords, who competed and colluded in a high-risk coalition formation game. Drawing on a structured comparison of Georgian and Tajik militia members, the book combines rich comparative data with formal modeling, treating the post-Soviet space as an extraordinary laboratory to observe the limits of great powers' efforts to shape domestic institutions in weak states.

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