Central Asia and the Caucasus
Subtitle: transnationalism and diaspora
By: edited by Touraj Atabaki and Sanjyot Mehendale.
Contributors: Atabaki, Touraj.; Mehendale, Sanjyot, 1965-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Nationalism -- Asia, Central.; Nationalism -- Caucasus.; Asia, Central -- Ethnic relations.; Caucasus -- Ethnic relations.
Description: "Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a number of linkages have been established between newly independent Central Asian states, or populations within them, and diaspora ethnic groups. This book explores the roles that diaspora communities play in the recent and ongoing emergence of national identities in Central Asia and the Caucasus." "This book will interest students and researchers of transnationalism and Central Asian studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Transnationalism and diaspora in Central Asia and the Caucasus / Touraj Atabaki; title: Nationalism from without / Jolle Demmers; title: Towards a typology of diasporas in Kazakhstan / Shirin Akiner; title: Russians in post-Soviet Central Asia / Kulbhushan Warikoo; title: State, homeland, and diaspora : the Armenian and Azerbaijani cases / Stephan Astourian; title: Diaspora and global civil society : the impact of transnational diasporic activism on Armenia's post-Soviet transition / Armine Ishkanian; title: Afghan communities in Uzbekistan / Natalya Khan; title: Uighur community in 1990s Central Asia / Ablet Kamalov; title: The Afghan diaspora / Eden Naby; title: Islam in China / Dru C. Gladney; title: The Assyrian diaspora / Eden Naby.