1st Edition
The Post-Soviet States Mapping the Politics of Transition
By Graham Smith
Copyright 1999
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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The collapse of the Soviet Union has engendered one of the most momentous and critical regional transformations of our tiomes through the formation and development of the post-Soviet states. This book explores the politics of post-Soviet transition and the problems which will continue to face these states well into the twenty-first century, as they struggle towards democracy, market reform, ethnic... Read more
Trials of transition
From transformation to fragmentation
Part I - Postcolonialism and the politics of national identities
Russia identity, geopolitics and homeland
The borderland states: nations, citizens and diasporas
Part II - Experimenting with democracy
Limits to democracy
Multiculturalism, federalism and democracy
Part III - Geopolitical economy, the market and privatisation
The geopolitical economy of the CIS
The state, economic liberalisation and the regions
Geopolitical futures.
From transformation to fragmentation
Part I - Postcolonialism and the politics of national identities
Russia identity, geopolitics and homeland
The borderland states: nations, citizens and diasporas
Part II - Experimenting with democracy
Limits to democracy
Multiculturalism, federalism and democracy
Part III - Geopolitical economy, the market and privatisation
The geopolitical economy of the CIS
The state, economic liberalisation and the regions
Geopolitical futures.
Biography
Graham Smith
..this text is a mandatory read for anyone interested in getting a better handle on the issues facing the post-Soviet states.
Political Geography
