The post-Soviet states : mapping the politics of transition

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The post-Soviet states : mapping the politics of transition

Graham Smith

Arnold, 1999 , Oxford University Press, 1999

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Bibliography: p. [248]-258

Includes index

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ISBN 9780340677902

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The collapse of the Soviet Union has engendered one of the most momentous and critical regional transformations of our tiomes through the formation and development of the post-Soviet states. This book explores the politics of post-Soviet transition and the problems which will continue to face these states well into the twenty-first century, as they struggle towards democracy, market reform, ethnic co-existance and integration into a new geoplolitical post-Cold War world order. Richly illustrated with examples drawn from Russian and other post-Soviet primary sources, the author focuses on three broad themes of transition. Firstly, the progression from colonialism to post-colonialism and the consquences of such changes on national identity and the redefinition of national homeland. Secondly, the movement away from totalitarian rule and the factors which both facilitate and challenge the prospects of a democratic future. Thirdly, the process of securing a successful place in the global capitalist economy.

Table of Contents

Trials of transition From transformation to fragmentation Part I - Postcolonialism and the politics of national identities Russia identity, geopolitics and homeland The borderland states: nations, citizens and diasporas Part II - Experimenting with democracy Limits to democracy Multiculturalism, federalism and democracy Part III - Geopolitical economy, the market and privatisation The geopolitical economy of the CIS The state, economic liberalisation and the regions Geopolitical futures.
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: pbk ISBN 9780340677919

Description

The collapse of the Soviet Union has engendered one of the most momentous and critical regional transformations of our tiomes through the formation and development of the post-Soviet states. This book explores the politics of post-Soviet transition and the problems which will continue to face these states well into the twenty-first century, as they struggle towards democracy, market reform, ethnic co-existance and integration into a new geoplolitical post-Cold War world order. Richly illustrated with examples drawn from Russian and other post-Soviet primary sources, the author focuses on three broad themes of transition. Firstly, the progression from colonialism to post-colonialism and the consquences of such changes on national identity and the redefinition of national homeland. Secondly, the movement away from totalitarian rule and the factors which both facilitate and challenge the prospects of a democratic future. Thirdly, the process of securing a successful place in the global capitalist economy.

Table of Contents

Trials of transition From transformation to fragmentation Part I - Postcolonialism and the politics of national identities Russia identity, geopolitics and homeland The borderland states: nations, citizens and diasporas Part II - Experimenting with democracy Limits to democracy Multiculturalism, federalism and democracy Part III - Geopolitical economy, the market and privatisation The geopolitical economy of the CIS The state, economic liberalisation and the regions Geopolitical futures.

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