Nations Abroad: Diaspora Politics And International Relations In The Former Soviet Union

by Charles King, Neil Melvin

Overview

This book discusses trans-border ethnic populations in the former Soviet Union in a broader conceptual context, highlighting the importance of diaspora issues both for post-Sovietologists and for scholars of comparative politics and international relations in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813337388
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	06/14/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	1690L (what's this?)

About the Author

Charles King

Table of Contents

A Note on Usage — Introduction: Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Postcommunism — The Russians: Diaspora and the End of Empire — The Jews: A Diaspora Within a Diaspora — The Armenians: Conflicting Identities and the Politics of Division — The Ukrainians: Engaging the “Eastern Diaspora” — The Kazakhs: Demographics, Diasporas, and “Return” — The Volga Tatars: Diasporas and the Politics of Federalism — The Poles: Western Aspirations, Eastern Minorities — Conclusion: Diasporas, International Relations, and Post-Soviet Eurasia

Editorial Reviews

With separate chapters on Russians, Jews, Armenians, Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Tatars, and Poles, contributions explore the web of relations between kin-states, host- states, and trans-border ethnic groups in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The focus is on the efforts of Soviet successor governments to buttress both their national identities and their national borders by reaching out to co-ethnic populations abroad. Two concerns emerge: the ways the new international boundaries are likely to remain points of contestation for years to come, and the world-wide phenomena of the increasingly permeable boundary between domestic politics and foreign policy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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