{"product_id":"9781501778964-mobilizing-in-uncertainty","title":"Mobilizing in Uncertainty","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollective Identities and War in Abkhazia\u003cbr\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, Mobilizing in Uncertainty explores Abkhaz mobilization decisions during that conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies\u003cbr\u003e Co-winner of the Charles Taylor Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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.\u003c\/b\u003e 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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53563673411958,"sku":"9781501778964","price":26.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37504904_c1c0e201-46ae-4bbe-b11e-16c7386982fd.jpg?v=1762101433","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781501778964-mobilizing-in-uncertainty","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}