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Book SynopsisPresents 16 case studies of ethnic conflict in the post-Soviet world. The book places ethnic conflict in the context of imperial collapse, democratization and state building.
Table of ContentsABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS, ABOUT WIIS AND WINGS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, INTRODUCTION, 1. Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in The Post-Soviet Transition, THE BALKANS, 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3. Minority Rights and Majority Rule: Ethnic Tolerance in Romania and Bulgaria, CENTRAL EUROPE, 4. The Politics of Ethnicity and the Breakup of the Czechslovak Federation, THE BALTIC, 5. Ethnopolitical Conflict in Estonia, UKRAINE, 6. Ukraine After Empire: Ethnicities and Democracy, RUSSIA, 7. Russian Ethnonationalism, 8. Democratization and Ethnic Conflict in Post-Soviet Society, SIBERIA, 9. Ethnicity or Nationalism?: The Sakha Republic (Yakutia), 10. On the Problem of Interethnic Conflict: The Republic of Tuva, THE VOLGA REGION, 11. Contemporary Ethnosocial and Ethnopolitical Processes in Tatarstan, THE CAUCASUS, 12. The Former Checheno-Ingushetia: Interethnic Relations and Ethnic Conflicts, 13. Ethnic Conflict in Nagorno-Karabagh, CENTRAL ASIA, 14. Ethnic Conflict in Tajikistan, 15. Ethnicity and Regionalism in Uzbekistan: Maintaining Stability through Authoritarian Control, MINORITIES, REFUGEES, AND MIGRANTS, 16. Living on the Edge: The East European Roma in Postcommunist Politics and Societies, 17. Interethnic Tensions and Demographic Movement in Russia, Ukraine, and Estonia, CONCLUSION, 18. Indicators, Implications, and Policy Choices, SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX
