The Soviet Nationality Reader: The Disintegration In Context

by Rachel Denber

Overview

This book assesses the effect that Gorbachev's reforms had on the unraveling of the system of rule and his government's attempts to cope with the crisis it unwittingly unleashed. It helps the student understand how past Soviet regimes dealt with the nationalities question.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367318994
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2019
Pages:	648
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Editor's Note — General Introduction — History and Ideology — The Soviet Prototype — The Establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — When the "Prison of Peoples" Was Opened — Federalism — The Evolution of the Soviet Federal System — The Debate Over Soviet Federalism — Soviet Federalism and Ethnic Mobilization — Elites and Ethnic Stratification — Cadres Policy in Nationality Areas: Recruitment of CPSU First and Second Secretaries in Non-Russian Republics of the USSR — Ethnicity, the Personnel Weapon, and Neo-imperial Integration: Ukrainian and RSFSR Provincial Party Officials Compared — The Ethnic Scene in the Soviet Union: The View of the Dictatorship — Economy — Nationalities and the Soviet Economy — Half Full or Half Empty? The Debate Over Soviet Regional Equality — The Evolution of Soviet Fiscal Federalism — Language — Language, Culture, Religion, and Cultural Awareness — Soviet Language Planning: Goals, Results, Options — Equality, Efficiency, and Politics in Soviet Bilingual Education Policy, 1934-1980 — Nationalism and Nationalist Movements — The Dialectics of Nationalism in the USSR — Ethnonationalism and Political Stability: The Soviet Case — Lithuanian National Politics — Nationalism and Democracy in Gorbachev's Soviet Union: The Case of Karabagh — Dilemmas of Russian Nationalism — Coping with the Nationalities Crisis — Ethnic Politics in the USSR — The Sobering of Gorbachev: Nationality, Restructuring, and the West — Soviet Federalism

Editorial Reviews

A collection of writings of the past several years on history, ideology, federalism, elites and ethnic stratification, economy, language, nationalism. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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