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

by Charles King, Neil Melvin

Overview

Based on new field research by an international team of post-Soviet specialists, this is the first comparative study to examine the complexities of trans-border ethnic groups and state-building in the former Soviet Union.The collapse of the Soviet state transformed internal administrative boundaries into international frontiers. Russians, Ukrainian

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367316983
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Charles King is Ion Ratiu Chair of Romanian Studies and assistant professor in the School of Foreign Service and Department of Government, Georgetown University. Neil J. Melvin is lecturer in the Department of Politics at Leeds University.

Table of Contents

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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