Minority Ethnic Mobilization in the Russian Federation - Softcover

Gorenburg, Dmitry P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521032393 ISBN 13: 9780521032391

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This book is about the spread of nationalism in the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It argues that the structure of the Soviet state played the key role in causing the surge of nationalism that occurred during this period throughout the Communist world. Focusing on the emergence and development of nationalist movements in four regions of the Russian Federation: Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Khakassia, and Tatarstan, it reveals that pre-existing ethnic institutions affected the tactics of the movement leaders.

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Review:

"Gorenburg marshals an impressive array of evidence to demonstrate the ways in which ethnic institutions shaped cultural mobilization within Russia's republics. The result is a work that is both rich in detail and consequential for institutionalist understandings of ethnic politics." Mark Beissinger, University of Wisconsin, Madison

"This study applies institutionalist analysis to the question of nationalist mobilization in four republics of the Russian Federation. By emphasizing distinct mass-mobilization patterns, it goes beyond previous institutionalist interpretations that have tended to focus exclusively on elite-level nationalism. Because of its careful empirical tracing of mass-based nationalist mobilization, it makes a significant contribution to our knowledge about nationalism in the Russian Federation and beyond." Lars-Erik Cederman, Harvard University

"A treasure trove of data, rich narrative, and critical questions that students of ethnic nationalism, center-periphery relations, democratization, and social movement would do well to mine further." Slavic Review

"This impressive volume by Dmitry P. Gorenburg adds to the growing literature on the rise of nationalist movements in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet state." American Journal of Sociology

"A most useful book." APSA Perspectives on Politics

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521032393
• ISBN 13: 9780521032391
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312