Nation and politics in the Soviet successor states /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993. |
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| Description: | xxvii, 577 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1371729 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Robert Conquest
- Preface / Ian Bremmer and Ray Taras
- Pt. I. Introduction. 1. Reassessing Soviet nationalities theory / Ian Bremmer
- Pt. II. The center. 2. Success and collapse: traditional Soviet nationality policy / Victor Zaslavsky. 3. Russia: confronting a loss of empire / John Dunlop
- Pt. III. The "new" Eastern Europe. 4. Ukraine: the politics of independence / Bohdan Krawchenko. 5. Belarus: a long road to nationhood / Michael Urban and Jan Zaprudnik. 6. Moldova: breaking loose from Moscow / Daria Fane
- Pt. IV. The Baltics. 7. Lithuania: nationalism in the modern era / Richard Krickus. 8. Latvia: origins, evolution, and triumph / Nils Muiznieks. 9. Estonia: a plural society on the road to independence / Cynthia Kaplan
- Pt. V. The Transcaucasus. 10. Azerbaijan: search for identity and new partners / Shireen Hunter. 11. Armenia: the nation awakens / Nora Dudwick. 12. Georgia: a failed democratic transition / Stephen Jones
- Pt. VI. Central Asia. 13. Kazakhstan: a republic of minorities / Martha Brill Olcott. 14. Uzbekistan: from statehood to nationhood / Gregory Gleason. 15. Tajikistan: ancient heritage, new politics / Muriel Atkin. 16. Turkmenistan: searching for a national identity / David Nissman. 17. Kyrgyzstan: the politics of demographic and economic frustration / Gene Huskey
- Pt. VII. Nations without States. 18. The Middle Volga: ethnic archipelago in a Russian sea / Ron Wixman. 19. The North Caucasus: fragmentation or federation? / Jane Ormrod. 20. Siberia: Native peoples and newcomers in collision / Gail Fondahl
- Pt. VIII. Conclusion. 21. Making sense of matrioshka nationalism / Ray Taras
- Appendix A: Chronology of ethnic unrest in the USSR, 1985-92
- Appendix B: Soviet census data, union republic and ASSR, 1989.