| Description |
xv, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: the Feel of the Game -- 1. Ethnicity in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Context -- 2. Soviet Ethnic Engineering: Success and Failure -- 3. Ethno-politics in a Time of Transition -- 4. Territories, Resources, and Power -- 5. Cultures and Languages in Conflict -- 6. The Russians are Leaving: Central Asia and Kazakhstan -- 7. The Culture of Ethnic Violence: the Osh Conflict -- 8. The Anatomy of Ethnic Cleansing: the Ingush-Ossetian Conflict -- 9. Ambition and the Arrogance of Power: the Chechen War (Part I) -- 10. Ambition and the Arrogance of Power: the Chechen War (Part II) -- 11. Post-Soviet Nationalism -- 12. What is Russia? Identities in Transition -- 13. Strategies for Ethnic Accord in Post-Soviet States -- Conclusion: Destroying Reality through Theory (or 'Back to the Ivory Towers') |
| Summary |
Valery Tishkov is a well-known Russian historian and anthropologist, and former Minister of Nationalities in Yeltsin's government. This book draws on his inside knowledge of major events and extensive primary research. Tishkov argues that ethnicity has a multifaceted role: it is the most accessible basis for political mobilization; a means of controlling power and resources in a transforming society; and therapy for the great trauma suffered by individuals and groups under previous regimes. This complexity helps explain the contradictory nature and outcomes of public ethnic policies based on a |
| Notes |
"PRIO, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo; UNRISD, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-318) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Minorities -- Former Soviet republics.
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Minorities -- Soviet Union.
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Nationalism -- Former Soviet republics.
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Nationalism -- Soviet Union -- Republics.
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Nationalism -- Soviet Union.
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| SUBJECT |
Former Soviet republics -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115052
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USSR -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117066
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| Author |
International Peace Research Institute.
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United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
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| LC no. |
96071477 |
| ISBN |
0761951849 |
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0761951857 (paperback) |
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