Author: Klaus SegbersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Former Soviet republics
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Post-Soviet Puzzles: Emerging geopolitical and territorial units. Theories, methods and case studies
Author: Post-Soviet Puzzles: Emerging geopolitical and territorial units. Theories, methods and case studies
Author: Klaus SegbersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Former Soviet republics
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Intermarium
Author: Marek Jan ChodakiewiczPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351511955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
History and collective memories influence a nation, its culture, and institutions; hence, its domestic politics and foreign policy. That is the case in the Intermarium, the land between the Baltic and Black Seas in Eastern Europe. The area is the last unabashed rampart of Western Civilization in the East, and a point of convergence of disparate cultures. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz focuses on the Intermarium for several reasons. Most importantly because, as the inheritor of the freedom and rights stemming from the legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian/Ruthenian Commonwealth, it is culturally and ideologically compatible with American national interests. It is also a gateway to both East and West. Since the Intermarium is the most stable part of the post-Soviet area, Chodakiewicz argues that the United States should focus on solidifying its influence there. The ongoing political and economic success of the Intermarium states under American sponsorship undermines the totalitarian enemies of freedom all over the world. As such, the area can act as a springboard to addressing the rest of the successor states, including those in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation. Intermarium has operated successfully for several centuries. It is the most inclusive political concept within the framework of the Commonwealth. By reintroducing the concept of the Intermarium into intellectual discourse the author highlights the autonomous and independent nature of the area. This is a brilliant and innovative addition to European Studies and World Culture.
Post-Soviet Puzzles: Emerging societal actors: economic, social and political interests. Theories, methods and case studies
Author: Klaus SegbersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Former Soviet republics
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Nation, Region and History in Post-Communist Transitions
Author: Peter W RodgersPublisher: ibidem-Verlag / ibidem Press
ISBN: 3838259033
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Since independence in 1991, issues of nation and identity have become highly debated topics in Ukraine. This monograph explores not only how national identity is being (re)constructed by the Ukrainian state, but also the processes by which it is negotiated through society. The central argument of this work is that too much attention, concerning identity in Ukraine, has focused on markers of ethnicity and language. Instead, the author advocates a regional approach, engaging with the issue of how Ukraine’s regional differences affect nation-building processes. Following the tumultuous events of the ‘Orange Revolution’, the view of Ukraine as a country inherently ‘divided’ between ‘East’ and ‘West’ has (re)emerged to become a popular explanation for political events. The study outlines the necessity for academics, policymakers and indeed politicians to veer away from this simplistic ‘West versus East’ divide. The book advocates an analysis of Ukraine’s unique brand of regionalism not in terms of divisions, but in terms of regional differences and diversity. The author deconstructs the concept of ‘Eastern Ukraine’ by focusing on three Ukrainian localities, all adjacent to the Ukrainian-Russian border. The study examines how individuals provide ‘their’ own understanding of the place of their region within the wider processes of nation building across Ukraine. In doing so, the book develops a ‘regional’ approach to the study of identity politics in Ukraine.
Understandings of Russian Foreign Policy
Author: Ted HopfPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271042206
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America working with the support of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs combine their efforts to bring us new insights into how Russia has conducted its foreign affairs since the fall of Communism. Drawing on both archival sources and interviews, they cover such major issues as Russia's decision to use military force in Chechnya, its reactions to NATO expansion, and its emergent relations with Japan and East Asia. The contributors are Eunsook Chung, Henrikki Heikka, Ted Hopf, Andrea Lopez, Hiroshi Kimura, Sergei Medvedev, and Christer Pursiainen.
Post-Soviet Puzzles: The emancipation of society as a reaction to systemic change: survival, adaptation to new rules and ethnopolitical conflicts
Author: Klaus SegbersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Ukraine
Author: Taras KuzioPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134693532
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Ukraine: State and Nation Building explores the transformation of Soviet Ukraine into an independent state and examines the new elites and their role in the state building process, as well as other attributes of the modern nation-state such as borders, symbols, myths and national histories. Extensive primary sources and interviews with leading members of Ukranian elites, show that state building is an integral part of the transition process and cannot be divorced from democratization and the establishment of a market economy.
Post-Soviet Puzzles: Against the background of the former Soviet Union
Author: Klaus SegbersPublisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Modernisation in Russia since 1900
Author: Markku KangaspuroPublisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
ISBN: 9518580219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Modernisation has been a constant theme in Russian history at least since Peter the Great launched a series of initiatives aimed at closing the economic, technical and cultural gap between Russia and the more ‘advanced’ countries of Europe. All of the leaders of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia have been intensely aware of this gap, and have pursued a number of strategies, some more successful than others, in order to modernise the country. But it would be wrong to view modernisation as a unilinear process which was the exclusive preserve of the state. Modernisation has had profound effects on Russian society, and the attitudes of different social groups have been crucial to the success and failure of modernisation. This volume examines the broad theme of modernisation in late imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet Russia both through general overviews of particular topics, and specific case studies of modernisation projects and their impact. Modernisation is seen not just as an economic policy, but as a cultural and social phenomenon reflected through such diverse themes as ideology, welfare, education, gender relations, transport, political reform, and the Internet. The result is the most up to date and comprehensive survey of modernisation in Russia available, which highlights both one of the perennial problems and the challenges and prospects for contemporary Russia.