Nations abroad
Subtitle: diaspora politics and international relations in the former Soviet Union
By: edited by Charles King and Neil J. Melvin.
Contributors: King, Charles, 1967-; Melvin, Neil.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Ethnology -- Political aspects -- Former Soviet republics; Former Soviet republics -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects; Former Soviet republics -- Foreign relations
Description: The collapse of the Soviet state transformed internal administrative boundaries into international frontiers. Russians, Ukrainians, and other ethnic groups overnight became "nations abroad," communities separated from their ostensible homelands by shifting interstate borders. Since 1991, these new diasporas have had a powerful impact on minorities policy within the Soviet successor states, as well as on relations between the newly independent republics.

Focusing on seven key cases - Jews, Armenians, Russians, Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Poles, and Volga Tatars - this book offers unique insights into the power of diaspora politics within and between the new states of Eurasia. Political scientists, sociologists, and international relations experts will find this an indispensable guide to the complex interaction of nations and states in the post-Soviet world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.