1st Edition
Post-Soviet Armenia The New National Elite and the New National Narrative
By Irina Ghaplanyan
Copyright 2018
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Armenia has struggled to establish itself, with a faltering economy, emigration of the intelligentsia and the weakening of civil society. This book explores how a new national elite has emerged and how it has constructed a new national narrative to suit Armenia’s new circumstances. The book examines the importance of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Armenia’s Political Elites?
3. Constructing and Deconstructing National Narrative
4. The Nerve or Armenian Politics – Nagorno-Karabakh
5. Turkey: Confronting the Past, Surviving the Present
6. Diaspora: Armenia’s Failed Marriage
7. Zero Axes
8. Conclusion
Biography
Irina Ghaplanyan is an independent scholar and was formerly a lecturer at the American University of Armenia, Yerevan.
