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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778995003321

Autore

Tishkov V. A (Valeriì† Aleksandrovich), <1941->

Titolo

Ethnicity, nationalism and conflict in and after the Soviet Union : the mind aflame / / Valery Tishkov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : SAGE, , 1997

ISBN

1-4462-7942-1

0-7619-5184-9

1-282-26229-7

9786612262296

1-84860-919-1

0-585-36529-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 334 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)

Disciplina

305.8917

Soggetti

Ethnicity - Former Soviet republics

Minorities - Former Soviet republics

Nationalism - Former Soviet republics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"PRIO, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo; UNRISD, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; On the Use of Titles, Names,and Categories; INTRODUCTION: THE FEEL OF THE GAME; PART ONE: GENERAL APPROACHES AND ISSUES; 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; PART TWO: CASE STUDIES; 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); PART THREE: GOVERNING CONFLICTING ETHNICITY; 11 - Post-Soviet Nationalism; 12 - What Is Rossia? Identities in Transition; 13 - Strategies for Ethnic Accord in Post-Soviet States; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As a former Russian Minister of Nationalities, Valery Tishkov is uniquely



qualified to write this book which reconsiders established interpretations of ethnic factors in the former Soviet Union and in contemporary Russia.