Ethnic Politics after Communism

Zoltan Barany

ISBN 10: 0801472768 / ISBN 13: 9780801472763

Edité par Cornell University Press Okt 2005, 2005

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Neuware - The Soviet Union encompassed dozens of nationalities and ethnicities, and in the wake of its collapse, the politics of ethnicity within its former borders and throughout Eastern Europe have undergone tremendous changes. In this book, Zoltan Barany and Robert G. Moser bring together eminent scholars whose theoretically diverse and empirically rich research examines various facets of ethnicity in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia: ethnic identity and culture, mobilization, parties and voting, conflict, and ethnic migration. The contributors consider how ethnic forces have influenced political outcomes that range from voting to violence and protest mobilization to language acquisition. Conversely, each chapter demonstrates that political behavior itself has an impact on the forms and strength of ethnic identity. Thus, ethnicity is deemed to be a contested, malleable, and constructed force rather than a static characteristic inherent in the attributes of groups and individuals with a common religion, race, or national origin.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Ethnic Politics after Communism
• Éditeur: Cornell University Press Okt 2005
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0801472768
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780801472763
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 232 L x 155 H x 19 P (en millimètres) 232 millimètres de largeur par 155 millimètres de hauteur par 19 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 410 grammes

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Synopsis

The Soviet Union encompassed dozens of nationalities and ethnicities, and in the wake of its collapse, the politics of ethnicity within its former borders and throughout Eastern Europe have undergone tremendous changes. In this book, Zoltan Barany and Robert G. Moser bring together eminent scholars whose theoretically diverse and empirically rich research examines various facets of ethnicity in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia: ethnic identity and culture, mobilization, parties and voting, conflict, and ethnic migration. The contributors consider how ethnic forces have influenced political outcomes that range from voting to violence and protest mobilization to language acquisition. Conversely, each chapter demonstrates that political behavior itself has an impact on the forms and strength of ethnic identity. Thus, ethnicity is deemed to be a contested, malleable, and constructed force rather than a static characteristic inherent in the attributes of groups and individuals with a common religion, race, or national origin.

Contributors: Zoltan Barany, University of Texas at Austin; Mark R. Beissinger, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Daniel Chirot, University of Washington; Charles King, Georgetown University; Will Kymlicka, Queen's University; David D. Laitin, Stanford University; Robert G. Moser, University of Texas at Austin; Roger D. Petersen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Chicago

À propos de l?auteur

Zoltan Barany is Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Government and Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The Future of NATO Expansion and The East European Gypsies.