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200 14$aThe Soviet Union $efederation or empire? /$fTania Raffass
210  1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2012.
215   $a1 online resource (409 p.)
225 1 $aRoutledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-138-10720-4 
311   $a0-415-68833-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART 1; 1 The original federation; 2 Daniel J. Elazar's covenantal interpretation of American federalism; 3 The roots of the Soviet federation; PART 2; 4 The American federation and secession; 5 Conflicting perspectives on the dissolubility of the American Union; 6 Secession as a constitutional right in the USSR; PART 3; 7 A constitutional comparison between the Soviet and emerging Western models of multinational federalism; 8 On the integrative effects of federalism and consociation; 9 The Soviet Union and nation; PART 4
327   $a10 The Soviet state as viewed by nationalists11 Imperial contiguity and Russia's 'stunted nationhood'; 12 Was the Soviet Union the 'last empire'?; Concluding discussion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
330   $aThe Soviet Union is often characterised as nominally a federation, but really an empire, liable to break up when individual federal units, which were allegedly really subordinate colonial units, sought independence. This book questions this interpretation, revisiting the theory of federation, and discussing actual examples of federations such as the United States, arguing that many federal unions, including the United States, are really centralised polities. It also discusses the nature of empires, nations and how they relate to nation states and empires, and the right of secession, highlig
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606   $aFederal government$zUnited States
606   $aNation-state
606   $aImperialism
606   $aSecession
606   $aComparative government
607   $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government
615  0$aFederal government
615  0$aFederal government
615  0$aNation-state.
615  0$aImperialism.
615  0$aSecession.
615  0$aComparative government.
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