Ethnic Relations in the USSR: The Perspective from Below (Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society)

Ethnic Relations in the USSR (1986) focuses on popular ethnic attitudes and behaviour among the various nations and nationalities of the Soviet Union. Ethnicity matters not only in Soviet high politics and in economic and cultural planning, but is also a dominant force in the daily lives of many Soviet citizens. Using a combination of political and sociological methods, the author draws out the patterns and determinants of ethnic relations among the major nationalities at both the group and individual levels.

Co-winner of the 1987 American Political Science Association Ralph E. Bunche Award

Rasma Karklins is Professor Emeritus in Political Science at the University of Illinois Chicago.