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The Post-Soviet Nations: Perspectives on the Demise of the USSR
Alexander Motyl
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Paperback. With the breakup of the Soviet Union and the subsequent creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the nationality question has assumed central importance. In this collection of essays, twelve leading specialists analyze the current situation. Num Pages: 321 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
How must Sovietology change as a result of the Soviet Union's collapse? Motyl and his colleagues suggest that the first step in reorientation of the field must involve recognizing the non-Russians and their republics as central to both Soviet politics and to the post-Soviet reality. The authors, all leading Sovietologists, illustrate how nationality interacted with and shaped ideology, law, elite recruitment, political repression, modernization, participation, political economy, and class. Each of the articles traces the relationship between nationality and aspects of the Soviet system up to the collapse of the USSR and the emergence in its stead of ... Read more
How must Sovietology change as a result of the Soviet Union's collapse? Motyl and his colleagues suggest that the first step in reorientation of the field must involve recognizing the non-Russians and their republics as central to both Soviet politics and to the post-Soviet reality. The authors, all leading Sovietologists, illustrate how nationality interacted with and shaped ideology, law, elite recruitment, political repression, modernization, participation, political economy, and class. Each of the articles traces the relationship between nationality and aspects of the Soviet system up to the collapse of the USSR and the emergence in its stead of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
Number of Pages
321
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231078955
SKU
V9780231078955
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About Alexander Motyl
Alexander J. Motyl is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Nationalities Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. He is author of Sovietology, Rationality, Nationality: Coming to Grips with Nationalism in the USSR, and the editor of Thinking Theoretically About Soviet Nationalities: History & Comparison in the Study of the USSR, both from Columbia University Press. ... Read more
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