New States, New Politics Building the Post-Soviet Nations

Name: New States, New Politics Building the Post-Soviet Nations
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ISBN: 9780521577991

ISBN-10: 0521577993

ISBN-13: 9780521577991

Edition: 2nd 1996

Authors: Ian Bremmer, Raymond C. Taras

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Far from eradicating tensions among the former Soviet peoples, the disintegration of empire has seen national minorities rediscovering long-suppressed new identities. This book shows the different roads the nations are taking towards independence.

Book details

List price: $54.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/28/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 796
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.77" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English




Introduction



Post-Soviet nationalities theory: past, present and future




Russia and its Nations



Russia: confronting a loss of empire




The North Caucasus: confederation in conflict




The Middle Volga: exploring the limits of sovereignty




Siberia: assimilation and its discontents




The New Eastern Europe



Ukraine: from empire to statehood




Belarus: from statehood to empire?




Moldova: caught between nation and empire




The Baltics



Lithuania: rights and responsibilities of independence




Latvia: restoring a state, rebuilding a nation




Estonia: independence redefined




The Transcaucasus



Azerbaijan: searching for new neighbours




Armenia: paradise lost?




Georgia: the trauma of statehood




Central Asia



Kazakhstan: pushing for




Kykyzstan: storm clouds over the 'island of democracy'




Uzbekistan: breaking the back of democracy




Turkmenistan: just like the old times




Tajikistan: refrom, reaction, and civil war




Conclusion



From matrioshka nationalism to national interests