Nation-Building and Identity in the Post-Soviet Space
Author | : Rico Isaacs |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2016-04-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781317090182 |
ISBN-13 | : 1317090187 |
Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Nation-building as a process is never complete and issues related to identity, nation, state and regime-building are recurrent in the post-Soviet region. This comparative, inter-disciplinary volume explores how nation-building tools emerged and evolved over the last twenty years. Featuring in-depth case studies from countries throughout the post-Soviet space it compares various aspects of nation-building and identity formation projects. Approaching the issue from a variety of disciplines, and geographical areas, contributors illustrate chapter by chapter how different state and non-state actors utilise traditional instruments of nation-construction in new ways while also developing non-traditional tools and strategies to provide a contemporary account of how nation-formation efforts evolve and diverge.