For kin or country
Subtitle: xenophobia, nationalism, and war
By: Stephen M. Saideman and R. William Ayres.
Contributors: Ayres, R. William.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780231144780; 9780231514491
Subjects: Nationalism -- Europe, Eastern; Nationalism -- Former Soviet republics; Xenophobia -- Europe, Eastern; Xenophobia -- Former Soviet republics; Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern; Post-communism -- Former Soviet republics; Europe, Eastern -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects; Former Soviet republics -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects; Europe, Eastern -- Ethnic relations; Former Soviet republics -- Ethnic relations; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government
Description: In addition to economic and political instabilities, the collapse of an empire can result in the division of families and the redrawing of geographical boundaries. This book considers various explanations for the causes of irredentism or for more restrained policy and the legacies of failed irredentist efforts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Irredentism and its absence : international pressures versus domestic dynamics; title: Dueling irredentisms : greater Croatia and greater Serbia; title: Reunification at any price : Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh; title: Pushing the envelope : Hungary's assertive attention to kin; title: Romania's restraint? : avoiding the worst through domestic scapegoating; title: Breaking up is hard to do : Russia and its kin in the near abroad; title: War and peace in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and beyond; title: Findings and implications.