Russian Nationalism And Ethnic Violence

Author : Richard Arnold
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317209478

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Russian Nationalism and Ethnic Violence by Richard Arnold Pdf

Nationalism is now the dominant narrative in Russian politics, and one with genuine popularity in society. Russian Nationalism and Ethnic Violence is a theoretical and empirical study which seeks to break the concept of "ethnic violence" into distinguishable types, examining the key question of why violence within the same conflict takes different forms at certain times and providing empirical insight into the politics of one of the most important countries in the world today. Theoretically, the work promises to bring the content of ethnic identity back into explanations of ethnic violence, with concepts from social theory, and empirical and qualitative analysis of databases, newspaper reports, human rights reports, social media, and ethnographic interviews. It sets out a new typology of ethnic violence, studied against examples of neo-Nazi attacks, Cossack violence against Meskhetian Turks, and Russian race riots. Russian Nationalism and Ethnic Violence brings hate crimes in Russia into the study of ethnic violence and examines the social undercurrents that have led to Putin’s embrace of nationalism. It adds to the growing body of English language scholarship on Russia’s nationalist turn in the post-Cold War era, and will be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not only why different forms of ethnic violence occur, but also the potential trajectory of Russian politics in the next 20 years.

Author : Christopher Williams,Thanasis D. Sfikas
Publisher : Dartmouth Publishing Company
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015046005420

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Ethnicity and Nationalism in Russia, the CIS and the Baltic States by Christopher Williams,Thanasis D. Sfikas Pdf

Explores the nature of the national question in Russia, the reasons behind the resurgence of ethnicity and nationalism and its consequences and effects on the process of building nation states and the creation of national consciousness, and the likely impact that ethnic conflict might have on the prospects of a successful transition from state capitalism to capitalist states in Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Baltic countries. The 14 essays are from an international conference in Preston, England, September 1995. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Pål Kolstø
Publisher : EUP
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 147449501X

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Strategic Uses of Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict by Pål Kolstø Pdf

In them, Kolstø examines how the drivers behind ethnic conflicts in the non-Russian republics were not only struggles for collective identities but also more mundane interests, such as competition for jobs and positions.

Author : Jeff Chinn,Robert Kaiser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000310603

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Russians As The New Minority by Jeff Chinn,Robert Kaiser Pdf

Twenty-five million Russians live in the newly independent states carved from the territory of the former Soviet Union. When they or their ancestors emigrated to these non-Russian areas, they seldom saw themselves as having moved "abroad." Now, with the dissolution of the USSR, these Russians find themselves to be minorities—often unwelcome—in new states created to fulfill the aspirations of indigenous populations. Will the governments of these newly independent states be able to accept the fact that their populations are multi-national? Will the formerly dominant and privileged Russians be able to live with their new status as equals or, more often, subordinates? To what extent do the new regimes' policies of accommodation or exclusion establish lasting patterns for relations between the titular majorities and the minority Russians? Developing the concept of interactive nationalism, this timely book explores the movement of Russians to the borderlands during the Russian Empire and Soviet times, the evolution of nationality policies during the Soviet era, and the processes of indigenization during the late Soviet period and under the newfound independence of the republics. The authors examine questions of citizenship, language policy, and political representation in each of the successor states, emphasizing the interaction between the indigenous population and the Russians. Through the use of case studies, the authors explore the tragic ethnic violence that has erupted since the demise of the Soviet Union, and weigh strategies for managing national conflict and developing stable democratic institutions that will respect the rights of all ethnic groups. Jeff Chinn is associate professor of political science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Robert Kaiser is assistant professor of geography at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Author : Valery Tishkov
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761951857

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Ethnicity, Nationalism and Conflict in and After the Soviet Union by Valery Tishkov Pdf

Valery Tishkov is a well-known Russian historian and anthropologist, and former Minister of Nationalities in Yeltsin's government. This book draws on his inside knowledge of major events and extensive primary research. Tishkov argues that ethnicity has a multifaceted role: it is the most accessible basis for political mobilization; a means of controlling power and resources in a transforming society; and therapy for the great trauma suffered by individuals and groups under previous regimes. This complexity helps explain the contradictory nature and outcomes of public ethnic policies based on a doctrine of ethno-nationalism.

Author : Gail Warshofsky Lapidus,Renée De Nevers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015053375443

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Nationalism, Ethnic Identity and Conflict Management in Russia Today by Gail Warshofsky Lapidus,Renée De Nevers Pdf

Author : W. Raymond Duncan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429715938

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Ethnic Nationalism And Regional Conflict by W. Raymond Duncan Pdf

This book examines ethnic conflicts of the former Soviet Union to indicate how turbulent the world has become in the post-Cold War era-and how difficult it has been to craft western security policies to address the turmoil. The author hopes to stimulate new thinking about international security.

Author : Stephen Hutchings,Vera Tolz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317526230

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Nation, Ethnicity and Race on Russian Television by Stephen Hutchings,Vera Tolz Pdf

Russia, one of the most ethno-culturally diverse countries in the world, provides a rich case study on how globalisation and associated international trends are disrupting, and causing the radical rethinking of approaches to, inter-ethnic cohesion. The book highlights the importance of television broadcasting in shaping national discourse and the place of ethno-cultural diversity within it. It argues that television’s role here has been reinforced, rather than diminished, by the rise of new media technologies. Through an analysis of a wide range of news and other television programmes, the book shows how the covert meanings of discourse on a particular issue can diverge from the overt significance attributed to it, just as the impact of that discourse may not conform with the original aims of the broadcasters. The book discusses the tension between the imperative to maintain security through centralised government and overall national cohesion that Russia shares with other European states, and the need to remain sensitive to, and to accommodate, the needs and perspectives of ethnic minorities and labour migrants. It compares the increasingly isolationist popular ethnonationalism in Russia, which harks back to "old-fashioned" values, with the similar rise of the Tea Party in the United States and the UK Independence Party in Britain. Throughout, this extremely rich, well-argued book complicates and challenges received wisdom on Russia’s recent descent into authoritarianism. It points to a regime struggling to negotiate the dilemmas it faces, given its Soviet legacy of ethnic particularism, weak civil society, large native Muslim population and overbearing, yet far from entirely effective, state control of the media.

Author : Pal Kolsto
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,9 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.

Author : James Walter Warhola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015034537616

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Politicized Ethnicity in the Russian Federation by James Walter Warhola Pdf

And Russian Political Identity

Author : Kolsto Pal Kolsto
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474410441

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New Russian Nationalism by Kolsto Pal Kolsto Pdf

Russian nationalism, previously dominated by 'imperial' tendencies - pride in a large, strong and multi-ethnic state able to project its influence abroad - is increasingly focused on ethnic issues. In 2014, Russia's annexation of Crimea and the subsequent violent conflict in Eastern Ukraine utterly transformed the nationalist discourse in Russia. This book provides an up-to-date survey of Russian nationalism as a political, social and intellectual phenomenon by leading Western and Russian experts in the field of nationalism studies. It includes case studies on migrantophobia; the relationship between nationalism and religion; nationalism in the media; nationalism and national identity in economic policy; nationalism in the strategy of the Putin regime as well as a survey-based study of nationalism in public opinion.

Author : Daniel Rancour-Laferriere
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025788667

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Russian Nationalism from an Interdisciplinary Perspective by Daniel Rancour-Laferriere Pdf

This study examines how Russians imagine Russia in the 21st century and for the last three centuries. It looks at Russian history and modern day conflicts, such as ethnicity, to see how Russian people identify themselves. This study sheds light on many topics in Russian history, such as nationalism, anti-Semitism, Orthodox Christianity and ethnic others and reaction to NATO actions in Kosovo.

Author : Valery Tishkov
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848609198

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Ethnicity, Nationalism and Conflict in and after the Soviet Union by Valery Tishkov Pdf

Valery Tishkov is a well-known Russian historian and anthropologist, and former Minister of Nationalities in Yeltsin′s government. This book draws on his inside knowledge of major events and extensive primary research. Tishkov argues that ethnicity has a multifaceted role: it is the most accessible basis for political mobilization; a means of controlling power and resources in a transforming society; and therapy for the great trauma suffered by individuals and groups under previous regimes. This complexity helps explain the contradictory nature and outcomes of public ethnic policies based on a doctrine of ethno-nationalism.

Author : James Hughes
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812202311

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Chechnya by James Hughes Pdf

The sheer scale and brutality of the hostilities between Russia and Chechnya stand out as an exception in the mostly peaceful breakup of the Soviet Union. Chechnya: From Nationalism to Jihad provides a fascinating analysis of the transformation of secular nationalist resistance in a nominally Islamic society into a struggle that is its antithesis, jihad. Hughes locates Chechen nationalism within the wider movement for national self-determination that followed the collapse of the Soviet empire. When negotiations failed in the early 1990s, political violence was instrumentalized to consolidate opposing nationalist visions of state-building in Russia and Chechnya. The resistance in Chechnya also occurred in a regional context where Russian hegemony over the Caucasus, especially the resources of the Caspian basin, was in retreat, and in an international context of rising Islamic radicalism. Alongside Bosnia, Kashmir, and other conflicts, Chechnya became embedded in Osama Bin Laden's repertoire of jihadist rhetoric against the "West." It was not simply Russia's destruction of a nationalist option for Chechnya, or "Wahabbist" infiltration from without, that created the political space for Islamism. Rather, we must look also at how the conflict was fought. The lack of proportionality and discrimination in the use of violence, particularly by Russia, accelerated and intensified the Islamic radicalization and thereby transformed the nature of the conflict. This nuanced and balanced study provides a much-needed antidote to the mythologizing of Chechen resistance before, and its demonization after, 9/11. The conflict in Chechnya involves one of the most contentious issues in contemporary international politics—how do we differentiate between the legitimate use of violence to resist imperialism, occupation, and misgovernment, and the use of terrorism against legitimate rule? This book sets out indispensable lessons for understanding conflicts involving the volatile combination of nationalist insurgency, jihad, and terrorism, most notably for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Author : Pål Kolstø,Helge Blakkisrud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1474428428

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The New Russian Nationalism by Pål Kolstø,Helge Blakkisrud Pdf

Assessing the transformation of Russian nationalist discourse in the 21st century Russian nationalism, previously dominated by 'imperial' tendencies - pride in a large, strong and multi-ethnic state able to project its influence abroad - is increasingly focused on ethnic issues. This new ethno-nationalism has come in various guises, like racism and xenophobia, but also in a new intellectual movement of 'national democracy' deliberately seeking to emulate conservative West European nationalism. Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the subsequent violent conflict in Eastern Ukraine utterly transformed the nationalist discourse in Russia. This book provides an up-to-date survey of Russian nationalism as a political, social and intellectual phenomenon by leading Western and Russian experts in the field of nationalism studies. It includes case studies on migrantophobia; the relationship between nationalism and religion; nationalism in the media; nationalism and national identity in economic policy; nationalism in the strategy of the Putin regime as well as a survey-based study of nationalism in public opinion.