Identity and Politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus

ISBN-13: 9781138098343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 212 str.

Mohammed Ayoob; Murad Ismayilov

Opis

The multi-cultural region of Central Eurasia is living through its early post-independence years, and as such serves as an ideal case to study and analyse theories of identity and foreign policy in a non-European context. Looking to re-introduce identity as a multi-dimensional factor informing state behaviour, this book analyses the experiences of the different Central Eurasian states in their post-independence pursuits.

Spis treści

Introduction: Identity as a source and an output of foreign policy and regional security in post-Soviet Central Eurasia: Towards integrating nationalism scholarship into IR constructivism PART I: Nation-building and emerging identities in post-Soviet Central Eurasia 1. Threat perceptions of Islam in a post-communist secular context: Public policies towards Islamic finance in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan and the effects on nation-building 2. Language and sovereignty: A comparative analysis of language policy in Tatarstan and Kazakhstan, 1991-2010 3.Identity recovered vs. identity redefined: Three post-Soviet cases 4. Domesticating elite education: Raising patriots and educating Kazakhstan’s future PART II: From identity to foreign policy back to identity 5. Russian foreign policy toward Central Asia and the Caucasus since the end of the Cold War: A search for identity with geopolitical characteristics 6. International commitments to elections and election observation in the Caucasus and Central Asia: The interplay between political identity, foreign policy and regional affiliation 7.Identity and alignment in Central Eurasia 8.International cultural engagements and their domestic effects: Eurovision and nation-building in Azerbaijan