03253nam 2200685 a 450 991046565020332120200520144314.01-84779-687-71-78170-269-11-84779-328-2(CKB)2560000000085810(EBL)1069594(OCoLC)818847327(SSID)ssj0000747060(PQKBManifestationID)12342419(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747060(PQKBWorkID)10704815(PQKB)10262772(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085714(MiAaPQ)EBC1069594(Au-PeEL)EBL1069594(CaPaEBR)ebr10623356(CaONFJC)MIL843745(EXLCZ)99256000000008581020110509d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrContemporary violence[electronic resource] postmodern war in Kosovo and Chechnya /Cerwyn MooreManchester Manchester University Press20101 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-9566-2 0-7190-7599-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.9780719075995; 9780719075995; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: alternativeapproaches to violence inInternational Relations; 1 Narrative identity and thechallengeof literary globalpolitics: towards interpretivepluralism; 2 Kosovo and Chechnya/Kosovaand Ichkeria; 3 Regional politics, trans-localidentity and history; 4 Globalisation and conflict:screeningwar in Kosovo andChechnya; 5 Stories of war in the Balkans andCaucasus; 6 Criminality and war; 7 The politics of emotionality; 8 Networks and narratives:the road to war in the Balkansand CaucasusConclusion: reclaiming globalpoliticsSelect bibliography; IndexContemporary Violence: Postmodern War in Kosovo and Chechnya draws on several years of field research, as well as interpretive IR theory and analysis of empirical source material so as to shed light on contemporary violence. Drawing on interpretive approaches to International Relations, the book argues that founding events and multiple contexts informed the narratives deployed by different members of each movement, illustrating why elements within the Kosovo Liberation Army and the armed forces of the Chechen republic of Ichkeria favoured regional and local strategies of war in the Balkans andPolitical violenceHistory20th centuryViolenceRussia (Federation)Chechni͡aViolenceKosovo (Republic)Kosovo War, 1998-1999Chechni͡a (Russia)HistoryCivil War, 1994-Electronic books.Political violenceHistoryViolenceViolenceKosovo War, 1998-1999.303.6094752327.117Moore Cerwyn978754MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465650203321Contemporary violence2230945UNINA