New states, new politics : building the post-Soviet nations /

New states, new politics : building the post-Soviet nations / edited by Ian Bremmer and Ray Taras. - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. - xxi, 743 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

"Succeeds and replaces Nations [i.e. Nation] and politics in the Soviet successor states, published ... in 1993"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 718-726) and index.

Post-Soviet nationalities theory : past, present, and future / Ian Bremmer -- Russia : in search of an identity? / John B. Dunlop -- The North Caucasus : confederation in conflict / Jane Ormrod -- The Middle Volga : exploring the limits of sovereignty / Allen Frank and Ronald Wixman -- Siberia : assimilation and its discontents / Gail Fondahl -- Ukraine : from empire to statehood / Alexander Motyl and Bohdan Krawchenko -- Belarus : from statehood to empire? / Jan Zaprudnik and Michael Urban -- Moldova : caught between nation and empire / William Crowther -- Lithuania : rights and responsibilities of independence / Alfred Erich Senn -- Latvia : restoring a state, rebuilding a nation / Nils Muiznieks -- Estonia : independence redefined / Toivo U. Raun -- Azerbaijan : searching for new neighbors / Shireen T. Hunter -- Armenia : paradise regained or lost? / Nora Dudwick -- Georgia : the trauma of statehood / Stephen F. Jones -- Kazakhstan : pushing for Eurasia / Martha Brill Olcott -- Uzbekistan : the politics of national independence / Gregory Gleason -- Tajikistan : reform, reaction, and civil war / Muriel Atkin -- Turkmenistan : just like old times / David Nissman -- Kyrgyzstan : the politics of demographic and economic frustration / Eugene Huskey -- Conclusion : from matrioshka nationalism to national interests / Raymond Taras.

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Nationalism--Republics.--Soviet Union
Nacionalismo--Comunidad de Estados Independientes.
Politieke ontwikkeling.
Nationalisme.
Natievorming.
Nationalisme--Ex-URSS.


Former Soviet republics--Politics and government.
Ex-URSS--Politique et gouvernement.

JN 6511 / N532 1997

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