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Replication Data for: Joining the Fight: The Italian Foreign Fighters Contingent of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units |
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doi:10.7910/DVN/2ICIIT |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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2022-11-18 |
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Corradi, Edoardo, 2022, "Replication Data for: Joining the Fight: The Italian Foreign Fighters Contingent of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2ICIIT, Harvard Dataverse, V1 |
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Replication Data for: Joining the Fight: The Italian Foreign Fighters Contingent of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/2ICIIT |
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Authoring Entity: |
Corradi, Edoardo (University of Genoa) |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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Corradi, Edoardo |
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Corradi, Edoardo |
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2022-10-17 |
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https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2ICIIT |
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Social Sciences, Civil wars, Foreign fighters, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Terrorism, YPG/YPJ |
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Since the emergence of the Islamic State (ISIS) as one of the leading insurgent forces in Syria and Iraq in the 2010s, the academic literature has increasingly focused on the phenomenon of foreign fighters. Most studies have analyzed transnational insurgents joining the ISIS; however, research on non-jihadi foreign fighters remains underdeveloped. The article sheds much-needed light on the factors motivating nonjihadi fighters to join conflicts abroad. Specifically, it presents the findings of an in-depth analysis of the factors leading Italian nationals to join the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG/YPJ) after 2011, their military contribution on the battlefield, and their reasons for returning to Italy. The contributions of the paper are twofold. First, it enriches our general understanding of the motivations of non-jihadi foreign fighters through detailed qualitative analysis, including first-hand accounts and an analysis of fighters’ biographies. Second, it offers a more complete picture of the specific factors informing the Italian experience of transnational non-jihadi fighters in recent years. The qualitative data highlight the role of non-material factors in triggering the armed mobilization of foreign fighters. The findings indicate that the Italian foreign fighters contingent within the YPG/YPJ and the SDF has been highly committed, made up mostly of young males with no military experience, and had little to no impact on the battlefield. |
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Data retrieved from biographies and in-depth semi-structured interviews. |
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10.1017/ipo.2022.31 |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Corradi E (2022). Joining the fight: the Italian foreign fighters contingent of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units. Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2022.31 |
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Replication data-1.xlsx |
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application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet |