Reconfigurations of Political Space in the Caucasus: Power Practices, Governance and Transboundary Flows

ISBN-13: 9780367729516 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 122 str.

Franziska Smolnik; Andrea Weiss

Opis

This book provides original empirical data from the Caucasus region, with respect to the critical study of statehood, and sheds light on the diversity of political space and the ongoing process of spatial re-alignment. It was first published as a special issue of Eurasian Geography and Economics.

Spis treści

1. Transboundary processes and (re-)configurations of political space in the Caucasus  2. Local government reforms in Georgia and their impact on state-society relations  3. Governing the local in the North Caucasus  4. Shia groups and Iranian religious influence in Azerbaijan: the impact of trans-boundary religious ties on national religious policy  5. Political space and borderland practices in Abkhazia and Adjara: exploring the role of Ottoman legacies and contemporary Turkish influences  6. Internationalization of science and regional political studies (the case of the Caucasus)

O autorze

Franziska Smolnik is a political sociologist currently working as a senior researcher at Eastern Europe and Eurasia Division of the German Institute of International and Security Affairs in Berlin, Germany.

Andrea Weiss is a social anthropologist and freelance researcher who specialises in the Caucasus and its neighbourhood.