Nation building and identity in the post-Soviet space : new tools and approaches / edited by Rico Isaacs and Abel Polese.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Isaacs, Rico, editor.

Polese, Abel, editor.

Series:

Post-Soviet politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nation-building--Former Soviet republics.

Nation-building.

Former Soviet republics--Politics and government.

Former Soviet republics.

Politics and government.

Soviet Union--Former Soviet republics.

Physical Description:

xiv, 258 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Nation-building as a process is never complete and issues related to identity, nation, state and regime-building are recurrent in the post-Soviet region. This comparative, inter-disciplinary volume explores how nation-building tools emerged and evolved over the last twenty years. Featuring in-depth case studies from countries throughout the post-Soviet space it compares various aspects of nation-building and identity formation projects. Approaching the issue from a variety of disciplines, and geographical areas, contributors illustrate chapter by chapter how different state and non-state actors utilise traditional instruments of nation-construction in new ways while also developing non-traditional tools and strategies to provide a contemporary account of how nation-formation efforts evolve and diverge. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : Nation-Building in the post-Soviet Space: old, new and changing Tools / Rico Isaacs and Abel Polese

Memory and Nation-Building in Georgia / Fabio De Leonardis

Minority Assimilation and Nation-Building in Kazakhstan / Yves-Marie Davenel and Eunsil Yim

Religion and Nation-Building in Crimea / Makbule Buhari Gulmez

Language, Schools and Nation-Building in Tatarstan / Teresa Wigglesworth-Baker

Language, Economy and Nation-Building in the Republic of Sakha / Aimar Ventsel

Language, Law and Nation-Building in Georgia / Karli Storm

Cinema and Nation-Building in Kazakhstan / Rico Isaacs

Personality Cults and Nation-Building in Turkmenistan / Abel Polese and Slavomir Horák

Media Events and Nation-Building in Azerbaijan / Elisabeth Militz

Public Construction and Nation-Building in Tajikistan / Filippo Menga

Elections and Nation-Building in Abkhazia / Donnacha Beacháin

Health and Nation-Building in Russia / Saglar Bougdaeva

Conclusion / Rico Isaacs and Abel Polese.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472454768

1472454766

OCLC:

931035708