Constructing Ethnopolitics in the Soviet Union: Samizdat, Deprivation, and the Rise of Ethnic Nationalism

ISBN-13: 9781403961914 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 288 str.

Dina Zisserman-Brodsky

Opis

The nationality question was long central to Soviet thought and policy, and the failure to provide a convincing answer played a major role in the break up of the Soviet Union into ethnically or nationally defined states. Dina Zisserman-Brodsky explores various explanations of nationalism and its resurgence through a close examination of dissident writings of diverse ethnic groups in the former Soviet Union, thereby bridging macro-theory with micro-politics.

Recenzje

"A first rate piece of scholarship that provides useful background to recent developments in ethnonationalism in the former Soviet Union." - John Ishiyama, Truman State University

"This book makes a substantial contribution to the study of the Soviet nationality issues, helping fill a gap by showing how the ethno-nationalist dissident movements of the Soviet era helped formulate the programs of ethnopolitics adopted in many of the new states that seceded from the Soviet Union." - Anatoly M. Khazanov, Ernest Gellner Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spis treści

Introduction: Theoretical Perspective and Focus of Inquiry Soviet Nationality Policy: Theory and Practice The Modernization Process and Ethnic Nationalism Relative Deprivation and the Politicization of Ethnic Groups Ethnic Organizations, Programs, and Demands Legitimizing Sources of Ethnic Politics The Problem of Orientation: Ethnocentrism - Polycentrism Samizdat and Ethnic Mobilization

O autorze

DINA ZISSERMAN-BRODSKY is a lecturer in the Department of Russia and Slavic Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.