Religion, nation and democracy in the South Caucasus / edited by Alexander Agadjanian, Ansgar Jodicke 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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores developments in the three major societies of the South Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - focusing especially on religion, historical traditions, national consciousness, and political culture, and on how these factors interact. It outlines how, despite close geographical interlacement, common historical memories and inherited structures, the three countries have deep differences; and it discusses how development in all three nations has differed significantly from the countries' declared commitments to democratic orientation and European norms and values. The book

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Editors' introduction; PART I Conceptual frames; 1 General trends in the interaction of religion and politics as applied to the South Caucasus; 2 Ethnicity, nation and religion: current debates and the South Caucasian reality; 3 Democratic repertoires: the South Caucasus case(s); PART II Religion and politics; Introduction; 4 Secularization and desecularization in Georgia: state and church under the Saakashvili government (2003-2012); 5 Political power and church construction in Armenia

6 Islam in Azerbaijan: revival and political involvementPART III Religion, nationalism and education; Introduction; 7 Building Georgian national identity: a comparison of two turning points in history; 8 Challenges for women's education in independent Azerbaijan; 9 Constructing national identities through general education: religion in Armenian schools; PART IV Cultural values, ideology and democracy; Introduction; 10 An analysis of counter-hegemony: challenges of political opposition in Azerbaijan; 11 Myths and politics: "Old" beliefs and "New" aspirations in independent Armenia

12 Collectivism/individualism in the South Caucasus: implications for democracyPART V International context and external impacts; Introduction; 13 Shi'a politics, "strategic culture" and Iran's relations with the South Caucasus; 14 Russia's soft power in the South Caucasus: discourses, communication, hegemony; 15 Between ambition and realism: Turkey's engagement in the South Caucasus; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-69156-3

1-138-57707-3

1-315-77680-4

1-317-69157-1

9781315776804

OCLC:

958096805