LEADER 05167nam 2200829Ia 450 001 9910785517203321 005 20230516213546.0 010 $a0-231-51449-2 024 7 $a10.7312/said14478 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241345 035 $a(EBL)908463 035 $a(OCoLC)818855990 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000720625 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12314905 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720625 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10668419 035 $a(PQKB)10164032 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908463 035 $a(DE-B1597)459294 035 $a(OCoLC)1013955611 035 $a(OCoLC)1029818212 035 $a(OCoLC)811410812 035 $a(OCoLC)979586435 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231514491 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908463 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10595211 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL820196 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241345 100 $a20080208h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFor kin or country $exenophobia, nationalism, and war /$fStephen M. Saideman, R. William Ayres 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2008. 210 4$aŠ2008 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 288 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 0 $a0-231-14479-2 311 0 $a0-231-14478-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tList of tables and figures --$tIntroduction to the 2015 Edition --$tIntroduction --$t1. Irredentism and Its Absence --$t2. Dueling Irredentisms --$t3. Reunification at Any Price --$t4. Pushing the Envelope --$t5. Romania's Restraint? --$t6. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do --$t7. War and Peace in Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, and Beyond --$t8. Findings and Implications --$tReferences --$tINDEX 330 $aThe collapse of an empire can result in the division of families and the redrawing of geographical boundaries. New leaders promise the return of people and territories that may have been lost in the past, often advocating aggressive foreign policies that can result in costly and devastating wars. The final years of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires, the end of European colonization in Africa and Asia, and the demise of the Soviet Union were all accompanied by war and atrocity.These efforts to reunite lost kin are known as irredentism-territorial claims based on shared ethnic ties made by one state to a minority population residing within another state. For Kin or Country explores this phenomenon, investigating why the collapse of communism prompted more violence in some instances and less violence in others. Despite the tremendous political and economic difficulties facing all former communist states during their transition to a market democracy, only Armenia, Croatia, and Serbia tried to upset existing boundaries. Hungary, Romania, and Russia practiced much more restraint. The authors examine various explanations for the causes of irredentism and for the pursuit of less antagonistic policies, including the efforts by Western Europe to tame Eastern Europe. Ultimately, the authors find that internal forces drive irredentist policy even at the risk of a country's self-destruction and that xenophobia may have actually worked to stabilize many postcommunist states in Eastern Europe.Events in Russia and Eastern Europe in 2014 have again brought irredentism into the headlines. In a new Introduction, the authors address some of the events and dynamics that have developed since the original version of the book was published. By focusing on how nationalist identity interact with the interests of politicians, For Kin or Country explains why some states engage in aggressive irredentism and when others forgo those opportunities that is as relevant to Russia and Ukraine in 2014 as it was for Serbia, Croatia, and Armenia in the 1990s. 606 $aNationalism$zEurope, Eastern 606 $aNationalism$zFormer Soviet republics 606 $aPost-communism$zEurope, Eastern 606 $aPost-communism$zFormer Soviet republics 606 $aXenophobia$zEurope, Eastern 606 $aXenophobia$zFormer Soviet republics 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xEthnic relations$xPolitical aspects 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xEthnic relations 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xPolitics and government$y1989- 607 $aFormer Soviet republics$xEthnic relations$xPolitical aspects 607 $aFormer Soviet republics$xEthnic relations 607 $aFormer Soviet republics$xPolitics and government 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aPost-communism 615 0$aPost-communism 615 0$aXenophobia 615 0$aXenophobia 676 $a320.540947 686 $aMG 80090$2rvk 700 $aSaideman$b Stephen M$01507037 701 $aAyres$b R. William$01507038 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785517203321 996 $aFor kin or country$93737498 997 $aUNINA