Ethnicity and territory in the former Soviet Union
Subtitle: regions in conflict
By: edited by James Hughes and Gwendolyn Sasse
Contributors: Hughes, James, 1959-; Sasse, Gwendolyn, 1972-
Series: The Cass series in regional and federal studies
Publisher: F. Cass
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Ethnic conflict -- Former Soviet republics; Ethnic conflict -- Former Soviet republics -- Case studies; Post-communism -- Former Soviet republics; Democratization -- Former Soviet republics; Former Soviet republics -- Ethnic relations
Genres: Case studies
Description: The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 brought to the fore issues of ethnic division that had been suppressed under communist rule. Hughes (government, London School of Economics) and Sasse (European Institute, London School of Economics) have collected nine essays that explore the way that those divisions developed and the differing responses to it by the respective governments of the former Soviet Union. Collectively, they argue that institutional mechanisms have emerged as the single most important strategy of regional conflict- prevention. Citing the Crimea as the best example of integration, they explain how Russian secessionism was defused by a constitution- making process that resulted in special autonomy status for Crimea. The other case studies come from both the "emerging democracies" of the region as well as the more authoritarian regimes of Central Asia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Comparing regional and ethnic conflicts in post-Soviet transition states / James Hughes and Gwendolyn Sasse; title: Managing secession potential in the Russian Federation / James Hughes; title: The 'new' Ukraine : a state of regions / Gwendolyn Sasse; title: Regionalism in Moldova : the case of Transnistria and Gagauzia / Steven D. Roper; title: Multinationality, regions and state-building : the failed transition in Georgia / Monica Duffy Toft; title: The irony of Nagorno-Karabakh : formal institutions versus informal politics / Razmik Panossian; title: Patterns of centre-regional relations in Central Asia : the cases of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan / Neil J. Melvin; title: The OSCE and regional conflicts in the former Soviet Union / Natalie Mychajlyszyn; title: Conflict and accommodation in the former Soviet Union : the role of institutions and regimes / James Hughes and Gwendolyn Sasse