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The contributors to 'New States, New Politics' brings together historical and ethnic background with penetrating political analysis to offer a fresh, up-to-date and unique record of the different roads to self assertion and independence being pursued by these young nations.
List of contents
Part I. Introduction: 1. Post-Soviet nationalities theory: past, present and future Ian Bremmer; Part II. Russia and its Nations: 2. Russia: confronting a loss of empire John Dunlop; 3. The North Caucasus: confederation in conflict Jane Ormrod; 4. The Middle Volga: exploring the limits of sovereignty Ronald Wixman; 5. Siberia: assimilation and its discontents Gail Fondahl; Part III. The New Eastern Europe: 6. Ukraine: from empire to statehood Alexander Motyl and Bohdan Krawchenko; 7. Belarus: from statehood to empire? Jan Zaprudnik and Michael Urban; 8. Moldova: caught between nation and empire William Crowther; Part IV. The Baltics: 9. Lithuania: rights and responsibilities of independence Alfred Senn; 10. Latvia: restoring a state, rebuilding a nation Nils Muznieks; 11. Estonia: independence redefined Toivo Raun; Part V. The Transcaucasus: 12. Azerbaijan: searching for new neighbours Shireen Hunter; 13. Armenia: paradise lost? Nora Dudwick; 14. Georgia: the trauma of statehood Stephen Jones; Part VI. Central Asia: 15. Kazakhstan: pushing for Eurasia Martha Brill Olcott; 16. Kyrgyzstan: storm clouds over the 'island of democracy' Eugene Huskey; 17. Uzbekistan: breaking the back of democracy Gregory Gleason; 18. Turkmenistan: just like the old times David Nissman; 19. Tajikistan: reform, reaction, and civil war Muriel Atkin; Part VII. Conclusion: 20. From matrioshka nationalism to national interests Ray Taras.
Summary
This 1997 book is a comprehensive, systematic and penetrating political analysis of the nation- and state-building processes of fifteen states that grew out of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The contributors bring together historical and ethnic backgrounds offering an record of the different roads to self-assertion and independence of these nations.
