Security, Society and the State in the Caucasus

Kevork Oskanian is a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of BirminghamDerek Averre is a Reader at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham

• Introduction: Security and democracy in the Caucasus: the societal dimension --Kevork Oskanian, Derek Averre and Laure Delcour Chapter 1: The tip of the democratisation spear? Role and importance of the Georgian Armed Forces in the context of democratisation and European integration - Marion KipianiChapter 2: Russian governance of the North Caucasus: Dilemmas of force and inclusion - Julie Wilhelmsen Chapter 3: Overcoming the status quo in the unrecognised states of the South Caucasus: internal and external limitations - Roxana Andrei Chapter 4: Transformation policies and local modernisation initiatives in the North Caucasus - V.А. Kolosov, O.I. Vendina, A.A. Gritsenko, M.V.Zotova, O.B. Glezer, A.A.Panin, A.B. Sebentsov, and V.N. Streletskii Chapter 5: The making of groups, boundaries and cleavages in the South Caucasus: from macro to micro dynamics - Giulia Prelz Oltramonti Chapter 6: Arctic labour migration, vulnerability and social change in the South Caucasus: The case of Azerbaijanis in the polar cities of Murmansk and Norilsk - Sophie HohmannChapter 7: War veterans of Caucasian conflicts: diverging trajectories of war-related resources in ‘post-conflict’ situations - Aude Merlin and Taline Papazian Chapter 8: ‘Exorcism of Cultural Otherness’: The Refugee Women in Post-Soviet Armenia - Evia Hovhannisyan