Ethnicity, nationalism and conflict in and after the Soviet Union : the mind aflame

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Ethnicity, nationalism and conflict in and after the Soviet Union : the mind aflame

Valery Tishkov

SAGE, 1997

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Bibliography: p. [299]-318

Includes index

"PRIO, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo; UNRISD, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development"

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Valery Tishkov is a well-known Russian historian and anthropologist, and former Minister of Nationalities in Yeltsin's government. This book draws on his inside knowledge of major events and extensive primary research. Tishkov argues that ethnicity has a multifaceted role: it is the most accessible basis for political mobilization; a means of controlling power and resources in a transforming society; and therapy for the great trauma suffered by individuals and groups under previous regimes. This complexity helps explain the contradictory nature and outcomes of public ethnic policies based on a doctrine of ethno-nationalism.

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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')

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