ethnicity, nationalism and politics in the Commonwealth of Independent States /
First Statement of Responsibility
Anatoly M. Khazanov
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxi, 311 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-298) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. The Collapse of the Soviet Union: Nationalism during Perestroika and Afterwards (1985-Summer 1992) -- 2. The Verse and Prose of Post-Totalitarianism (The ex-Soviet Union in 1992-1994) -- 3. Ethnic Minorities, Totalitarianism, and Democracy -- 4. Central Asia on a Path from the Second to the Third World -- 5. Ethnic Stratification and Ethnic Competition in Kazakhstan -- 6. Yakutian Nationalism in a Search for Identities -- 7. People with Nowhere To Go: The Plight of the Meskhetian Turks -- 8. A Last-Minute Postscript: The Chechen Crisis (as of May 21, 1995)
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Khazanov cautions that the liberal democratic direction of current transformations in the former Soviet Union should not be taken for granted. For most of the independent states, he points out, departing from totalitarianism requires creation of a civil society for the first time in their history. The state's partial retreat from the public sphere leaves a dangerous institutional vacuum, in which nationalism is emerging as the dominant ideology. He warns that this new, post-totalitarian society is still a far cry from a genuine liberal democracy and, despite its inherent instability, may turn out to be a long-lasting phenomenon
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Khazanov's astute assessments of ethnic and political strife in Russia, in Chechnia, in Central Asia, in Kazakhstan, among the Meskhetian Turks, and among the Yakut of Eastern Siberia illuminate the interconnections between nationalism, ethnic relations, social structures, and political process in the waning days of the USSR and in the new independent states. Exploring the Soviet nationality policy and its failure to satisfy national aspirations, Khazanov demonstrates the fatal flaws of totalitarian rule and the impossibility of reforming it
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
After the USSR.
Title
After the USSR.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ethnology-- Former Soviet republics
Minorities-- Former Soviet republics
Nationalism-- Former Soviet republics
Ethnologie-- Ex-URSS
Etnische betrekkingen
Minorités-- Ex-URSS
Nationalisme
Nationalisme-- Ex-URSS
Politieke ontwikkeling
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Former Soviet republics, Ethnic relations
Former Soviet republics, Politics and government
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
305
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8/00947
Edition
20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
DK33
Book number
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K4527
1995
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Khazanov, Anatoly M., (Anatoly Michailovich),1937-