Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus

ISBN-13: 9781138483187 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 442 str.

Galina M. Yemelianova; Laurence Broers

Opis

The Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus offers an integrated, multidisciplinary overview of the historical, ethno-linguistic, cultural, socio-economic and political complexities of the Caucasus.

Spis treści

1. Introducing the Caucasus;  Part I: Place, peoples and culture;  2. Caucasus paradigms revisited;  3. Peoples, languages and lore;  4. The early Christian Caucasus;  5. The Muslim Caucasus: the role of ‘adats and shari‛ah;  Part II: Political history;  6. The ‘long millennium’: the Caucasus from the medieval to the early modern periods;  7. The Caucasus in the Russian Empire;  8. Between the Russian Empire and the USSR: the independence of Transcaucasia as a socio-political transformation;  9. The Soviet Caucasus, 1920-91: resistance and accommodation;  Part III: The contemporary Caucasus: politics, economics and societies;  10. Azerbaijan: politics, society and economy since independence;  11. The new Georgia: politics, economy and society;  12. Armenia: from revolution to revolution;  13. The north-eastern Caucasus: Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia;  14. The north-western Caucasus: Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachaevo-Cherkessia and Adygea; Part IV: Conflict and political violence;  15. Ethno-territorial and secessionist conflicts: causes and trajectories;  16. Unrecognised statehood? The de facto states of the South Caucasus;  17. Jihadist violence in the North Caucasus: political, social and economic factors;  18. Transnational Salafi and jihadist networks: from an independent insurgency to a leaderless network; Part V: The Caucasus in the wider world;  19. Russia in the Caucasus;  20. The South Caucasus and the West: from hegemony to contestation;  21. Turkey and the Caucasus: mutual interests and influences in the post-Soviet era;  22. The Caucasus and Iran;  23. The Caucasus and the Caspian Sea: legality, energy politics and regional security; Part VI: Societal and cultural dynamics;  24. Demography of the Caucasus;  25. Gender and society in the Caucasus;  26. Civil society in the Caucasus: voluntary youth organisations;  27. New media and digital activism: comparing Armenia and Chechnya