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9781501753787

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How do ordinary people navigate the intense uncertainty of the onset of war? Different individuals mobilize in different ways-some flee, some pick up arms, and some support armed actors as civil war begins. Drawing on nearly two hundred in-depth interviews with participants and nonparticipants in the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992-1993, Anastasia Shesterinina explores Abkhaz mobilization decisions during that conflict. Her fresh approach underscores the uncertain nature of the first days of the war when Georgian forces had a preponderance of manpower and arms. Mobilizing in Uncertainty demonstrates, in contrast to explanations that assume individuals know the risk involved in mobilization and make decisions based on that knowledge, that the Abkhaz anticipated risk in ways that were affected by their earlier experiences and by social networks at the time of mobilization. What Shesterinina uncovers is 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. As appeals traveled across society, people consolidated mobilization decisions within small groups of family and friends and based their actions on whom they understood to be threatened. Their decisions shaped how the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict unfolded and how people continued to mobilize during and after the war. Through this detailed analysis of Abkhaz mobilization from prewar to postwar, Mobilizing in Uncertainty sheds light on broader processes of violence, which have lasting effects on societies marked by intergroup conflict.

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Publié par

Cornell University Press

Date de parution

15 mars 2021

EAN13

9781501753787

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

6 Mo

MOBILIZING IN UNCERTAINTY

MOBILIZING IN UNCERTAINTY Collective Identities and War in Abkhazia

ANasTasîa SHEsTErîNîNa

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS ITHACA AND LONDON

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First published 2021 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Names: Shesterinina, Anastasia, 1986–author. Title: Mobilizing in uncertainty : collective identities and war in Abkhazia / Anastasia Shesterinina. Description: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identiﬁers: LCCN 2020014614 (print) | LCCN 2020014615 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501753763 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501753770 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501753787 (pdf) Subjects: LCSH: Group identity—Georgia (Republic)—Abkhazia. | Abkhazia (Georgia)—History—Uprising, 1992–1993. | Abkhazia (Georgia)—Ethnic relations. | Abkhazia (Georgia)—History. Classiﬁcation: LCC DK679.A25 S55 2021 (print) | LCC DK679.A25 (ebook) | DDC 947.58086—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020014614 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020014615

Cover photo: GeorgianAbkhazian conﬂict, 1993. ITARTASS News Agency / Alamy stock photo.

In memory of Lee Ann Fujii

Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Spelling

Introduction: The Puzzle of Mobilization 1. Studying Civil War Mobilization 2. A Sociohistorical Approach to Mobilization 3. Collective Historical Memory 4. Prewar Conﬂict Identities 5. From Uncertainty to Mobilization in Four Days 6. From Mobilization to Fighting 7. Postwar Abkhazia Conclusion: Uncertainty and Mobilization in Civil War

Notes References Index

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Illustratîons

Figures 0.1. Map of Abkhazia xiv 1.1. Research sites 22 1.2. The road connecting research sites 22 1.3. Prewar demographic composition in research districts: east 23 1.4. Prewar demographic composition in research districts: west 26 2.1. The concept of mobilization 49 2.2. Collective action continuum 56 2.3. Collective threat framing 64 2.4. Wartime mobilization continuum 66 3.1. Demographic changes in prewar Abkhazia: 1886–1989 78 3.2. Timeline of cultural Georgianization: 1920s–1940s 80 4.1. Demographic composition of Abkhazia by district: 1989 91 5.1. Military structure of the Abkhaz Guard 129 5.2. Locals guarding a village 151 6.1. Front lines: August 18–October 6, 1992 158 7.1. “Ten years of Victory” 187 7.2. The Order of Leon 188 7.3. A public memorial in Bzyb/Bzipi 188

Tables 1.1. Research participants 27 3.1. Prewar political status of Abkhazia: 1810–1992 70

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