| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 334 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) ; v. v. 15 |
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International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
Valery Tishkov is a well-known Russian historian and anthropologist, and former Minister of Nationalities in Yeltsin's government. This book draws on his inside knowledge of major events and extensive primary research. Tishkov argues that ethnicity has a multifaceted role: it is the most accessible basis for political mobilization; a means of controlling power and resources in a transforming society; and therapy for the great trauma suffered by individuals and groups under previous regimes. This complexity helps explain the contradictory nature and outcomes of public ethnic policies based on a |
| Notes |
"PRIO, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo; UNRISD, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-318) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Nationalism -- Soviet Union
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Minorities -- Soviet Union
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Nationalism -- Soviet Union -- Republics
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Minorities -- Former Soviet republics
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Nationalism -- Former Soviet republics
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Ethnic relations.
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Minorities.
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Nationalism.
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Nationalism -- Soviet republics.
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Politieke conflicten.
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Nationalisme.
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Etnische conflicten.
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| SUBJECT |
Soviet Union -- Ethnic relations
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Former Soviet republics -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Former Soviet republics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Peace Research Institute.
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United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
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| LC no. |
96071477 |
| ISBN |
0585365296 |
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9780585365299 |
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9781848609198 |
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1848609191 |
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9781446279427 |
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1446279421 |
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1282262297 |
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9781282262294 |
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9786612262296 |
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661226229X |
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