National Integration And Violent Conflict In Post Soviet Societies

Author : Pål Kolstø
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0742518884

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National Integration and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Societies by Pål Kolstø Pdf

The theory presented in this work's predecessor, Nation-Building and Ethnic Integration in Post-Soviet Societies: An Investigation of Latvia and Kazakhstan (1999), fails to explain why the Dniester war of 1992 broke out in Moldova while Estonia remained free of large- scale violence. Kolsto (Russian and East European area studies, U. of Oslo, Norway) presents six contributions that revisit the question of when ethnic strife is likely to break out after the removal of authoritarian government. After reviewing candidates for explanatory theories, four country studies explore the evidence and one contribution discusses the international setting. The final chapter compares theory to evidence and concludes that theories of resources and opportunities available to various groups are better predictors of violence than theories of grievances and relative discriminations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Aneta Pavlenko
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847690876

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Multilingualism in Post-Soviet Countries by Aneta Pavlenko Pdf

In the past two decades, post-Soviet countries have emerged as a contested linguistic space, where disagreements over language and education policies have led to demonstrations, military conflicts and even secession. This collection offers an up-to-date comparative analysis of language and education policies and practices in post-Soviet countries.

Author : Maxim Tabachnik
Publisher : Springer
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030128821

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Citizenship, Territoriality, and Post-Soviet Nationhood by Maxim Tabachnik Pdf

This book seeks to understand the politics of nationalism in the buffer zone between Russia and the West: Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova, as well as Russia itself. It problematizes the official ways of defining the nation, and thus citizenship, in the light of “frozen” ethno-territorial conflicts and broader geopolitical discrepancies between Russia and the West. The author analyzes the politics of birthright citizenship policy in these countries and rejects the assumed connection between territorial nation-building and liberal democracy. The project will interest academics and graduate students in the fields of comparative and post-Soviet politics, nationalism, and citizenship, and international relations policy professionals.

Author : Julie Fedor,Samuel Greene,Andre Härtel,Andrey Makarychev,Andreas Umland
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783838269481

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Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society by Julie Fedor,Samuel Greene,Andre Härtel,Andrey Makarychev,Andreas Umland Pdf

This special issue deals with the phenomenon of violence in the post-Soviet space. It examines both political and legal discourses and practices of internal and external violence, broadly conceived, simultaneously aspiring to situate them in the broader literature on political violence and ethnic and separatist conflict, and to examine these from political, legal, and security studies perspectives. The issue approaches the problem of violence in the post-Soviet space from three perspectives: international-structural, inter-state, and domestic-political. The contributors focus on structural sources of violence, such as the relevance of the self-determination principle, the role of democratization, and the relationship between violent behavior inside and outside the state. They also analyze the role of the Russian Federation in generating, perpetuating, and mitigating political violence. Finally, they adopt a bottom-up approach, exploring how non-state actors contribute to political violence.

Author : Anna Batta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000485578

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The Russian Minorities in the Former Soviet Republics by Anna Batta Pdf

This book explores the differing treatment of Russian minorities in the non-Russian republics which seceded from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Providing detailed case studies, it explains why intervention by Russia occurred in the case of Ukraine, despite Ukraine’s benevolent and inclusive treatment of the large Russian minority, whereas in other republics with less benevolent approaches to minorities intervention did not occur, for example Kazakhstan, where discrimination against the Russian minority increased over time, and Latvia, where the country on its accession to the European Union was deemed to have good minority rights protection, despite a record of discrimination against the Russian minority. Throughout the book emphasises the importance of the perceptions of the republic government regarding the interaction between the minority’s kin-state and the minority, the role that minorities played within the nation-building process and after secession, and the dual threat coming from both the domestic and international spheres.

Author : Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351511957

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Intermarium by Marek Jan Chodakiewicz Pdf

History and collective memories influence a nation, its culture, and institutions; hence, its domestic politics and foreign policy. That is the case in the Intermarium, the land between the Baltic and Black Seas in Eastern Europe. The area is the last unabashed rampart of Western Civilization in the East, and a point of convergence of disparate cultures. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz focuses on the Intermarium for several reasons. Most importantly because, as the inheritor of the freedom and rights stemming from the legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian/Ruthenian Commonwealth, it is culturally and ideologically compatible with American national interests. It is also a gateway to both East and West. Since the Intermarium is the most stable part of the post-Soviet area, Chodakiewicz argues that the United States should focus on solidifying its influence there. The ongoing political and economic success of the Intermarium states under American sponsorship undermines the totalitarian enemies of freedom all over the world. As such, the area can act as a springboard to addressing the rest of the successor states, including those in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation. Intermarium has operated successfully for several centuries. It is the most inclusive political concept within the framework of the Commonwealth. By reintroducing the concept of the Intermarium into intellectual discourse the author highlights the autonomous and independent nature of the area. This is a brilliant and innovative addition to European Studies and World Culture.

Author : Ann Katherine Isaacs
Publisher : Edizioni Plus
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9788884924988

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Immigration and Emigration in Historical Perspective by Ann Katherine Isaacs Pdf

Author : Breffni O'Rourke,Lorna Carson
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 303911980X

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Language Learner Autonomy by Breffni O'Rourke,Lorna Carson Pdf

This volume offers a collection of essays addressing contemporary issues in foreign and second language education. In particular, it addresses language learner autonomy, both as a theoretical construct and in relation to areas of application such as the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), the European Language Portfolio (ELP), teacher training, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), and minority language provision. The contributors - well-known researchers, policy makers, teachers and teacher trainers - provide a multi-faceted insight into an innovative and influential approach to language education. David Little, to whom the volume is dedicated, was Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Head of the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences at Trinity College Dublin. He is recognised worldwide as a leading proponent of the theory of language learner autonomy, and has been a driving force behind many influential language education initiatives internationally.

Author : Renato Boschi ,Carlos Henrique Santana
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783080601

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Development and Semi-periphery by Renato Boschi ,Carlos Henrique Santana Pdf

‘Development and Semi-periphery’ presents a collection of articles that focus on comparative analysis of development trajectories in the semi-peripheral countries of South America and Central Eastern Europe. As opposed to the transitology studies that were prevalent in the 1990s, and that treated the neoliberal context in these two regions separately, the articles in this book instead offer a new comparative analysis focusing on the consequences of neoliberal reforms and the new actors that deal with their results. The essays discuss the various forms of state that have unfolded in different peripheral countries, their role in the social engineering of economic models and social policies, and the impact of state capacities and ideas on institutional innovation. The volume also compares transformations in political culture, collective identities and contentious politics in both areas.

Author : Élise Féron,Bahar Baser
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781040022689

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Diasporas and Transportation of Homeland Conflicts by Élise Féron,Bahar Baser Pdf

This book explores the transformation and reinvention of conflict-generated diaspora groups’ politics in countries of residence. Numerous narratives link diasporas and conflicts: diasporas are seen alternatively as peace wreckers or peace makers, as products of forced migration related to conflicts, or as targets of securitization policies. “Transported conflicts” occurring within and between diasporas in their countries of residence, however, remain relatively underexplored, tend to be misunderstood, and often associated with “criminal” or “terrorist” activities. The chapters in this volume draw our attention to various interconnected temporalities explaining patterns of conflict transportation, such as the temps long of diasporic mobilisation, the here and now of what is happening in both host and home countries, and micro-temporalities and diasporans’ life trajectories. Finally, the contributions demonstrate that patterns, shapes and even occurrence of conflict transportation vary according to scale and space. Highly politicized forms of confrontation are not necessarily representative of everyday interactions between diaspora groups, which can entail discrete but tangible forms of cooperation and even solidarity. This edited volume calls for nuancing our approach to the links between diasporas and conflicts, to avoid falling into the essentialisation trap. The chapters in this book were originally published in Ethnopolitics.

Author : Pål Kolstø,Helge Blakkisrud
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0742541495

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Nation-Building and Common Values in Russia by Pål Kolstø,Helge Blakkisrud Pdf

Contributors analyse the preconditions for and processes of nation-building, while the new element is the focus on values in the largest post-Soviet state, Russia.

Author : Liah Greenfeld,Zeying Wu
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789903447

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Research Handbook on Nationalism by Liah Greenfeld,Zeying Wu Pdf

Assembling scholarship on the subject of nationalism from around the world, this Research Handbook brings to the attention of the reader research showcasing the unprecedented expansion of the scholarly field in general and offers a diversity of perspectives on the topic. It highlights the disarray in Western social sciences and the rise in the relative importance of previously independent scholarly traditions of China and post-Soviet societies. Nationalism is the field of study where the mutual relevance of these traditions is both most clearly evident and particularly consequential.

Author : Jutta Joachim,Bob Reinalda,Bertjan Verbeek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134151936

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International Organizations and Implementation by Jutta Joachim,Bob Reinalda,Bertjan Verbeek Pdf

International organizations have once more become subjects of investigation for a whole range of scholars: political scientists, international relations specialists, organization theorists, and policy experts alike. The end of the Cold War, increased globalization, and the intensification of regional and functional cooperation all have produced a greater interest in the role of international organizations, and rightly so, since they increasingly take part in global governance as over-burdened governments become more and more willing to transfer responsibility to them or need to work through them. International Organizations and Policy Implementation determines the extent to which international intergovernmental organizations are involved in the national implementation of internationally formulated policies. In particular, it specifies the conditions under which they can be more or less successful in influencing the course and content of implementation or imprint their perspective on domestic policies. This edited volume helps to fill a gap in the existing literature in two respects: contrary to many implementation studies, the chapters are comparative in nature contrasting the role of international organizations across time, different levels, or different issue areas; and, second, they are theoretically grounded.

Author : Yaacov Ro'i
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135775759

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Democracy and Pluralism in Muslim Eurasia by Yaacov Ro'i Pdf

This book is devoted to the study and analysis of the prospects for democracy among the Muslim ethnicities of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), both those that have acquired full independence and those remaining within the Russian Federation. The nineteen Western academics and scholars from the Muslim countries and regions of the CIS who contribute to this volume view the establishment of democratic institutions in this region in the context of a wide and complex range of influences, above all the Russian/Soviet political legacy; native ethnic political culture and tradition; the Islamic faith; and the growing polarity between Western civilization and the Muslim world.

Author : Pal Kolsto
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781474410434

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New Russian Nationalism by Pal Kolsto Pdf

Traces Russia's transforming nationalism, from imperialism, through ethnocentrism and migration phobia, to territorial expansion. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.