Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: Bordering Russian citizenship ; Strangers within; Citizenship and identity; Boundaries emerging as effects of identification; Research sites: Karelia and St Petersburg; Aims and methodological approach; Interviews; Policy documents; Discourse analytical reading of the data; Walking in a dangerous field; Structure of the book; Notes; 1 North Caucasus: Russia's inner abroad ; The North Caucasus in a nutshell; Historical development of the region
Internal migration in RussiaComing to terms with multicultural questions; The North Caucasus as Russia's political project; Notes; 2 Bordering as political practice: The case of Kondopoga ; Chain of events; Explaining the riots; Official response to the riots; Ethnic framing of the conflict; Changing the priorities of nationalities policy; Clash of cultures; Demand for tolerance and reconciliation; Emphasis on civic identity; Ethnic hierarchy in Karelia; Selective access on offer; Notes; 3 Bordering as social practice: Life at the border ; Privileged civic identity
Racism of misinterpellationIntermingled racisms; Why me? Why these divisions?; Coming to terms with exclusion; Everyday life and the spiral of violence; Note; 4 Talking back the dangerous identities; Constructing Caucasianness; Contested commonalities; Fragile sense of belonging; Pure and impure Islam; Believers but not religious; Resisting the politicisation of Islam; Who are you by nationality?; Contradictions in national affiliation; Claiming to be a patriot; Identification in politically volatile circumstances; Note; 5 Young people and the politics of bordering; Who belongs, and where?
Effects of mis-interpellationIn what way does bordering matter?; Crossing the border of citizenship; Concluding thoughts; Bibliography; Literature; Legislation referred to; Index