Title Constructing ethnopolitics in the Soviet Union : samizdat, deprivation and the rise of ethnic nationalism / Dina Zisserman-Brodsky

Published New York : Palgrave, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 294 pages) Contents Ch. 1. Introduction: Theoretical Perspective and Focus on Inquiry -- Ch. 2. Soviet Nationality Policy: Theory and Practice -- Ch. 3. The Modernization Process and Ethnonationalism -- Ch. 4. Relative Deprivation and the Politicization of Ethnic Groups -- Ch. 5. Ethnic Organizations, Programs, and Demands -- Ch. 6. Legitimizing Sources of Ethnic Politics -- Ch. 7. The Problem of Orientation: Ethnocentrism -- Polycentrism -- Ch. 8. Samizdat and Ethnic Mobilization -- App. The Relevant Nationalities -- Basic Facts Summary Dissident ethnic networks were a crucial independent institution in the Soviet Union. Voicing the discontent and resentment of the periphery at the policies of the center or metropole, the dissident writings, known as samizdat highlighted anger at deprivations imposed in the political, cultural, social, and economic spheres. Ethnic dissident writings drew on values both internal to the Soviet system and international as sources of legitimation; they met a divided reaction among Russians, with some privileging the unity of the Soviet Union and others sympathetic to the rhetoric of national rights. This focus on national, rather than individual rights, along with the appropriation of ethnonationalism by political elites, helps explain developments since the fall of the Soviet Union, including the prevalence of authoritarian governments in newly independent states of the former Soviet Union Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Minorities -- Political activity -- Soviet Union Nationalism -- Soviet Union Politics & government -- Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe) POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. Politics and Government. Ethnic relations -- Political aspects Minorities -- Political activity Nationalism Politics and government SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125849 Subject Soviet Union Form Electronic book ISBN 9781403973627 1403973628 9781403961914 1403961913 1281367346 9781281367341

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