Valery Tishkov

Ethnicity, Nationalism and Conflict in and after the Soviet Union

The Mind Aflame

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a penetrative study of major conflicts resulting from theoretical analysis of such phenomena as post-Soviet new diasporas and forced migration demonstrated by the case of ethnic Russians, ethnic violence illustrated by the Osh conflict in Central Asia, the anatomy of ethnic cleansing traced through the Osset-Ingush conflict, the ambitions of leaders, and the arrogance of force displayed in the Chechen War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780761951858
• ISBN-10: 0761951857
• Artikelnr.: 20988361

Autorenporträt

Valery Tishkov is Professor of History and Anthropology, Director of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Senior Research Consultant at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Feel of the Game
PART ONE: GENERAL APPROACHES AND ISSUES
Ethnicity in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Context
Soviet Ethnic Engineering
Success and Failure
Ethno-Politics in a Time of Transition
Territories, Resources and Power
Cultures and Languages in Conflict
PART TWO: CASE STUDIES
The Russians are Leaving
Central Asia and Kazakhstan
The Culture of Ethnic Violence
The Osh Conflict
The Anatomy of Ethnic Violence
The Ingush-Ossetian Conflict
Ambition and the Arrogance of Power
The Chechen War (Part I)
Ambition and the Arrogance of Power
The Chechen War (Part II)
PART THREE: GOVERNING CONFLICTING ETHNICITY
Post-Soviet Nationalism
What is Rossia? Identities in Transition
Strategies for Ethnic Accord in Post-Soviet States
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION: DESTROYING REALITY THROUGH THEORY (OR `BACK TO THE
IVORY TOWERS¿)