Religion, nation and democracy in the South Caucasus / edited by Alexander Agadjanian, Ansgar Jödicke and Evert van der Zweerde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Agadjanian, Alexander, 1958- editor.

Jödicke, Ansgar, editor.

Zweerde, Evert van der, editor.

Series:

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 59.

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics--Caucasus, South.

Religion and politics.

Religion and state--Caucasus, South.

Religion and state.

Nationalism--Caucasus, South--Religious aspects.

Nationalism.

Caucasus, South--Foreign relations.

Caucasus, South.

South Caucasus.

International relations.

Diplomatic relations.

Nationalism--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

xvi, 279 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2015.

Contents:

Conceptual frames. General trends in the interaction of religion and politics as applied to the South Caucasus / Ansgar Jödicke ; Ethnicity, nation and religion: current debates and South Caucasian reality / Alexander Aagadjanian ; Democratic repertoires: the South Caucasus case(s) / Evert van der Zweerde

Religion and politics. Introduction / Ketevan Khutsishvili ; Secularization and desecularization in Georgia: state and church under the Saakashvili government (2003-2012) / Barbare Janelidze ; Political power and church construction in Armenia / Yulia Antonyan ; Islam in Azerbaijan: revival and political involvement / Elnur Ismayilov

Religion, nationalism and education. Introduction / Farda Asadov ; Building Georgian national identity: a comparison of two turning points in history / Tatia Kekelia ; Challenges for women's education in independent Azerbaijan / Nigar Gozalova ; Constructing identities through general education: religion within the framework of national identity in Armenia / Satenik Mkrtchyan

Cultural values, ideology and democracy. Introduction / Tigran Matosyan ; An analysis of counter-hegemony: challenges of political opposition in Azerbaijan / Rashad Shirinov ; Myths and politics: "Old" Beliefs and "New" aspirations in independent Armenia / Sona Hovhannisyan ; Collectivism/individualism in the South Caucasus. Implications for democracy / Tigran Matosyan

International context and external impacts. Introduction / Hovhannes Hovhannisyan ; Sh'a politics, "Strategic Culture" and Iran's relations with the South Caucasus / Tatevik Mkrtchyan ; Andrey Makarychev: Russia's soft power in the South Caucasus: discourses, communication, hegemony / Alexander Kornilov ; Between ambition and realism: Turkey's engagement in the South Caucasus / Bayram Balci.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

113802290X

9781138022904

OCLC:

880521026

Publisher Number:

99960476379