{"product_id":"russias-securitization-of-chechnya-hardback","title":"Russia's Securitization of Chechnya - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an in-depth analysis of how mobilization and legitimation for war are made possible, with a focus on Russia's conflict with Chechnya.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough which processes do leaders and their publics come to define and accept certain conflicts as difficult to engage in, and others as logical, even necessary? Drawing on a detailed study of changes in Russia’s approach to Chechnya, this book argues that ‘re-phrasing’ Chechnya as a terrorist threat in 1999 was essential to making the use of violence acceptable to the Russian public. The book refutes popular explanations that see Russian war-making as determined and grounded in a sole, authoritarian leader. Close study of the statements and texts of Duma representatives, experts and journalists before and during the war demonstrates how the Second Chechen War was made a ‘legitimate’ undertaking through the efforts of many. A post-structuralist reinterpretation of securitization theory guides and structures the book, with discourse theory and method employed as a means to uncover the social processes that make war acceptable. More generally, the book provides a framework for understanding the broad social processes that underpin legitimized war-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of much interest to students of Russian politics, critical terrorism studies, security studies and international relations. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45575378731246,"sku":"9781138187139","price":252.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138187139_eac577a8-8806-451d-8202-7ce186bcf5e0.jpg?v=1720949071","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/russias-securitization-of-chechnya-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}