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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies |
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Setting the stage -- What, why and how? -- Research question -- Why Armenia? -- Empirical significance -- Theoretical relevance -- Conceptual framework -- Elites and elite formations -- The role of elites in constructing a nationally significant narrative -- Methodology -- Book outline -- Chapter organization -- Notes -- 2 Armeniaâ#x80;#x99;s political elites? -- Introduction -- Elite? |
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Armenian political elites: historical shortcutA look into Armenian nobility -- Political leadership of the First Republic -- The partocratic elite of Soviet Armenia -- Conceptualizing elite transformation -- Identifying elites -- Classics -- Other schools -- Post-Soviet elite conceptualization -- New Armenia, new elites? -- Circulation or reproduction, transformation or continuity -- Profiling Ter-Petrosyanâ#x80;#x99;s elites: ex-Soviet nomenklatura, former Soviet dissidents and representatives of the Diaspora, 1991â#x80;#x93;8 |
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Profiling Kocharyanâ#x80;#x99;s elites: NK war veterans, Soviet- and Western-educated technocrats, Diaspora representatives and oligarchs, 1998â#x80;#x93;2008Profiling Sargsyanâ#x80;#x99;s elites: political nomads, 2008â#x80;#x93;16 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Constructing and deconstructing the national narrative -- Introduction -- Conceptualizing national identity and national interest -- Constructing the concepts: the role of elites -- Armenian â#x80;#x98;imagined communityâ#x80;#x99; -- Across the millennia -- Soviet â#x80;#x98;acculturationâ#x80;#x99; -- The nation state or nation and state? |
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Ter-Petrosyanâ#x80;#x99;s nation building: concessions vs. survivalKocharyanâ#x80;#x99;s state building narrative: â#x80;#x98;embracing survivalâ#x80;#x99; -- Sargsyan: reimagining the imagined? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 The nerve of Armenian politics: Nagorno-Karabakh -- Introduction -- From Arran to the Black Garden -- War and independence -- Over- or under-securitization? -- Ter-Petrosyan: the cost of the presidential chair -- Kocharyan: moving Stepanakert to Yerevan -- Sargsyan: more talks, fewer results -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Turkey: confronting the past, surviving the present |
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IntroductionOttoman Armenians: a stateless nation -- Genocide: survival and identity reinforcement -- Sovietâ#x80;#x93;Turkish courtship -- Surviving or embracing the present? -- Ter-Petrosyan: â#x80;#x98;no eternal enemiesâ#x80;#x99; -- Kocharyan: a permanent â#x80;#x98;the otherâ#x80;#x99; -- Sargsyan: the in-between -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Diaspora: Armeniaâ#x80;#x99;s failed marriage -- Introduction -- Diaspora: a reimagined community -- Armenians: a diaspora nation -- Myth and reality of the homeland -- Ter-Petrosyanâ#x80;#x99;s underestimation -- Kocharyanâ#x80;#x99;s â#x80;#x98;cash cowâ#x80;#x99 |
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""Sargsyanâ#x80;#x99;s carrots and sticks"" |
| Summary |
"Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Armenia has struggled to establish itself, with a faltering economy, emigration of the intelligentsia and the weakening of civil society. This book explores how a new national elite has emerged and how it has constructed a new national narrative to suit Armenia's new circumstances. The book examines the importance of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, considers the impact of fraught relations with Turkey and the impact of relations with other neighbouring states including Russia, and discusses the poorly-developed role of the very large Armenian diaspora. Overall, the book provides a key overview to understanding the forces shaping all aspects of present-day Armenia."--Provided by publisher |
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Armenia (Republic)
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Diplomatic relations
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Economic history
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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Armenia (Republic) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Armenia (Republic) -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
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Armenia (Republic) -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Armenia (Republic) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Armenia (Republic)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315282695 |
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1315282690 |
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