@article{ref1,
title="Retaliation in rebellion: the missing link to explaining insurgent violence in Dagestan",
journal="Terrorism and political violence",
year="2017",
author="Ratelle, Jean-François and Souleimanov, Emil Aslan",
volume="29",
number="4",
pages="573-592",
abstract="This article posits that the remnants of archaic sociocultural norms, particularly the honour-imposed custom of retaliation, play a crucial role in the process of insurgent engagement in Russia's autonomous republic of Dagestan. Through a series of interviews with former insurgents, this study outlines two retaliation-centred mechanisms: &quot;individual retaliation&quot; and &quot;spiritual retaliation&quot; in order to explain the microcosm of motives behind insurgent activity in Dagestan. In doing so, this study problematizes the role of Salafi/Jihadist ideology as the main impetus for insurgent violence. Reversing the traditional causal link between violence and religion, this study also demonstrates that the development of Jihadist ideology is a by-product of insurgent mobilization rather than its cause.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0954-6553",
doi="10.1080/09546553.2015.1005076",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2015.1005076"
}