1st Edition
Constructing Citizenship in Post-Soviet Contested States Evidence from Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria
By Ramesh Ganohariti
Copyright 2027
200 Pages
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Routledge
This book explains how the phenomenon of citizenship has been constructed in three contested states in the former Soviet space.
Citizenship is a source of (legal) identity that provides access to resources, rights, and recognition. However, the disputed nature of contested states leads to their citizens being subject to multiple (conflicting) citizenship regimes. Drawing on legal analysis,... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Defining Citizenship and Statehood Chapter 3: Conceptualising Citizenship in Contested States Chapter 4: Multiplicity of Legal Statuses in Contested States Chapter 5: Multiplicity of Rights, Obligations, and Identities in Contested States Chapter 6: The Politics of Belonging in Contested States Chapter 7: Conclusions and Implications Appendix
Biography
Ramesh Ganohariti is a lecturer at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Netherlands, and has a PhD in Politics and International Relations from Dublin City University, Ireland. He is co-author of Sub-State Recognition: The Politics of Recognition from Below (2025).
