From Union to Commonwealth - Nationalism and Separatism in the Soviet Republics

Klappentext Presenting a broad and timely analysis of the national dimension of politics after perestroika! this book is essential reading for all those seeking to understand the complexities underlying the demise of the Soviet state! as well as the emergence of new states actively engaged in defining their national identities at home and abroad. Zusammenfassung This volume examines the rise of national movements which challenged! then destroyed! the stability and territorial integrity of the former Soviet state. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Gail Lapidus, Victor Zaslavsky and Philip Goldman; 2. State, civil society and ethnic cultural consolidation in the USSR - roots of the national question Ronald Suny; 3. The impact of perestroika on the national question Gail Lapidus; 4. The evolution of separatism in Soviet society under Gorbachev Victor Zaslavsky; 5. Perestroika and the ethnic consciousness of Russians Leokadia Drobizheva; 6. Nationality policies in the period of perestroika: some comments from a supreme Soviet deputy Galina Starovoiteva.

Product details

• Authors: Lapidus, Gail W. Lapidus, Gail Zaslavsky Lapidus
• Assisted by: Gail Lapidus (Editor), Gail W. Lapidus (Editor), Victor Zaslavsky (Editor), Victor (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Zaslavsky (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.1992
• EAN: 9780521427166
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42716-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Cambridge Russian Paperbacks; Cambridge Soviet Paperbacks
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education