Nationalist mobilization and the collapse of the Soviet State / Mark R. Beissinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beissinger, Mark R., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in comparative politics.

Cambridge studies in comparative politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Soviet Union.

Nationalism.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 503 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Nationalist Mobilization & the Collapse of the Soviet State

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2002 study examines the process by which the seemingly impossible in 1987 - the disintegration of the Soviet state - became the seemingly inevitable by 1991, providing an original interpretation not only of the Soviet collapse, but also of the phenomenon of nationalism more generally. Probing the role of nationalist action as both cause and effect, Beissinger utilizes data and case studies from across the USSR during its final years to elicit the shifting relationship between pre-existing structural conditions, institutional constraints, and event-generated influences in the nationalist explosions that brought about the collapse of the Soviet Union. As Beissinger demonstrates, the 'tidal' context of nationalism - i.e., the transnational influence of one nationalism upon another - is critical to an explanation of the success and failure of particular nationalisms, why some nationalisms turn violent, and how a crescendo of events can overwhelm states, periodically evoking large-scale structural change in the character of the state system.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1 FROM THE IMPOSSIBLE TO THE INEVITABLE

2 THE TIDE OF NATIONALISM AND THE

MOBILIZATIONAL CYCLI

3 STRUCTURING NATIONALISM

4 "THICKENED" HISTORY AND THE MOBILIZATION

OF IDENTITY

5 TIDES AND THE FAILURE OF NATIONALIST

MOBILIZATION

6 VIOLENCE AND TIDES OF NATIONALISM

7 THE TRANSCENDENCE OF REGIMES OP

REPRESSION

8 RUSSIAN MOBILIZATION AND THE

ACCUMULATING "INEVITABILITY" OF

SOVIET COLLAPSE

9 CONCLUSION: NATIONHOOD AND EVENT

Appendix I PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING EVENT

ANALYSIS TO THE STUDY OF SOVIET

PROTEST IN THE GLASNOST' ERA

Appendix n SOURCES FOR THE COMPILATION OF

EVENT DATA IN A REVOLUTIONARY

CONTEXT

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780511102738

0511102739

9781107124301

1107124301

9781280419201

1280419202

9780511176708

0511176708

9780511041839

0511041837

9780511157592

0511157592

9780511304606

0511304609

9780511613593

0511613598

9780511044298

0511044291

OCLC:

475917600

Publisher Number:

2027/heb05462 hdl