Daniel R. Kempton, Terry D. Clark

Unity or Separation (eBook, PDF)

Center-Periphery Relations in the Former Soviet Union

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Many analysts initially believed that the process of Soviet disintegration would inevitably open a Pandora's box of ethnic nationalism and regional self-determination. But, despite obvious setbacks such as Chechnya, the developments of the last decade have shown that while forces of disintegration remain a very real threat, the fifteen successor states have managed to stay largely intact. One explanation for this somewhat unexpected success is the varied strategies of center-periphery relations adopted by the post-Soviet states, tailored to meet the unique of circumstances faced by each former republic of the Soviet Union. The contributors to this up-to-date volume examine the specific cases of success and failure in center-periphery relations in the former USSR, and offer some provocative overall conclusions about the progress made and the impact on the process of democratization. The cases examined in this volume are drawn from Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, among others. These case studies demonstrate that realtions between national and local governments have been evolving differently in each of the successor states in the but in each case there has been a conscious attempt to create stacble center-periphery relations, which give a degree of autonomy to minority groups while still providing for a stable state and democratic development. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of the former Soviet Union and those interested in federalization and center-periphery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313074820
• Artikelnr.: 68529225

Autorenporträt

DANIEL R. KEMPTON is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb Illinois. Articles he has written include Soviet Debates Over the Developing World: The Deciphering of Esoteric Communications, and Western Europe in Soviet Global Strategy: Soviet Power and the Global Correlation of Forces (with Rober E. Kanet).