1st Edition
Ethnicity and Territory in the Former Soviet Union Regions in Conflict
270 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
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The collapse of the Soviet empire in 1991 removed a decades-long system of successful control of potential ethnic and regional conflict . The result was the eruption of numerous conflicts over state-building, some of which degenerated into violence and some of which were resolved or prevented by strategies of accommodation. This volume explores the common trends and differences in the responses of... Read more
Chapter 1 Comparing Regional and Ethnic Conflicts in Post-Soviet Transition States, James Hughes, Gwendolyn Sasse; Chapter 2 Managing Secession Potential in the Russian Federation, James Hughes; Chapter 3 The ‘New’ Ukraine: A State of Regions, Gwendolyn Sasse; Chapter 4 Regionalism in Moldova: The Case of Transnistria and Gagauzia, Steven D. Roper; Chapter 5 Multinationality, Regional Institutions, State-Building, and the Failed Transition in Georgia, Monica Duffy Toft; Chapter 6 The Irony of Nagorno-Karabakh: Formal Institutions versus Informal Politics, Razmik Panossian; Chapter 7 Patterns of Centre–Regional Relations in Central Asia: The Cases of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan, Neil J. Melvin; Chapter 8 The OSCE and Regional Conflicts in the Former Soviet Union, Natalie Mychajlyszyn; Chapter 9 Conflict and Accommodation in the FSU: The Role of Institutions and Regimes, James Hughes, Gwendolyn Sasse;
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James Hughes, Gwendolyn Sasse
'Essays on ethnic conflict in selected post-Soviet transition states are well integrated in this excellent work ... a valuable addition to the literature on the post-Soviet transition.'
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