Strategic uses of nationalism and ethnic conflict : interest and identity in Russia and the post-Soviet space / Pål Kolstø.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kolstø, Pål, author.

Series:

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Russia (Federation).

Nationalism.

Russia (Federation)--Ethnic relations.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Summary:

This book collects 9 thoroughly revised articles and book chapters, together with a new introductory theoretical chapter, based on Pål Kolstø's 30 years of study of nationalism and ethnic conflict in post-Soviet states. In them, Kolsto 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. He also analyses the transformations of Russian nationalism, both among the ruling elite and in the opposition, with a particular focus on the use of symbolism. Exploring nationalism as a pervasive feature of politics in the modern world, Kolstø argues that both state leaders and 'ethnic entrepreneurs' employ nationalist rhetoric and stratagems to further their political agendas and achieve particular goals.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FIGURES AND TABLES

PREFACE

1 NATIONALISMS AND INTEREST-DRIVEN IDENTITIES: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

2 COMPETING WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL DIASPORIANS: ORIGINS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA

3 NATIONALISM, ETHNIC CONFLICT AND JOB COMPETITION: NON-RUSSIAN COLLECTIVE ACTION IN THE USSR UNDER PERESTROIKA

4 THE CONCEPT OF ‘ROOTEDNESS’ IN THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL POWER IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IN THE 1990s

5 ANTEMURALE THINKING AS HISTORICAL MYTH AND ETHNIC BOUNDARY MECHANISM IN EASTERN EUROPE

6 IMPERIALISM AND ETHNOCENTRISM IN RUSSIAN NATIONALISM

7 THE ST GEORGE RIBBON AND THE IMMORTAL REGIMENT: NEW SYMBOLS AND RITUALS IN RUSSIAN REGIME-LEGITIMATION

8 COLLABORATION BETWEEN NATIONALISTS AND LIBERALS IN THE RUSSIAN OPPOSITION, 2011–2013

9 CRIMEA VERSUS DONBAS: RUSSIAN NATIONALIST REACTIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 20, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Kolstø, Pål Strategic Uses of Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict

ISBN:

1-4744-9503-6

1-3995-1353-2

1-4744-9502-8

OCLC:

1304401999