{"product_id":"social-values-and-identities-in-the-black-sea-region-9781666918250","title":"Social Values and Identities in the Black Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial Values and Identities in the Black Sea Region focuses on the nexus between geopolitical challenges and cultural framework in the Black Sea region. Building on the path-dependency approach, the volume goes beyond the classical cultural blocks’ paradigm, showing how the common inheritance interferes with different religious and political institutional backgrounds, fostering the formation of a particular cultural area. The interdisciplinary approach combines contributions from the domains of sociology, political science, international relations, and security studies and employs qualitative and quantitative analyses, the last ones relying on large-scale survey evidence coming from the World Values Survey, the European Values Study, and the European Social Survey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe analysis of the empirical data allows contributors to examine the change of social values and identities over the past three decades. Although there is no declared common social identity, the comprehensive investigation of social, political, moral, and religious values, identities, and beliefs concludes the presence of shared domains and trends that provide reasoning to consider the Black Sea region a cultural area. The matter is of great importance, especially in the context of the open military conflict in Ukraine and other frozen conflicts in the region. Common culture, relying not only on the shared values or strong identities, but also in customs, material objects, or daily life practices and strategies may help in finding peaceful solutions to the existing conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This exciting book fills in a conclusive way a gap in the value literature, the study of social values and identities in the Black Sea region. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to unveil different economic, cultural, and societal similarities but also cross-country differences in the region. It is an excellent and invaluable resource for students and scholars alike studying culture, identity, and values.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Eldad Davidov, University of Cologne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalina Voicu, Marian Zulean, Kseniya Kizilova\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I. History, Geopolitics, and Security in the Black Sea Area\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Black Sea Region in the Social Science and Humanities Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarian Zulean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Regionalism, Regionalization, and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Dragos Aligica, Marcela Tusca\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Transitional Justice around the Black Sea: Unfulfilled Promises, Divergent Goals, and Missed Opportunities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLavinia Stan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. Political Culture and Identities in the Black Sea Area\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Frontiers of National Identities in the Black Sea Countries: People’s Views on their Ethnic, Civic, Local, and Regional Ties\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHorațiu M. Rusu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Political Culture: Trust and Regime Support in the Black Sea Region\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKseniya Kizilova, Christian Haerpfer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Demand for Populism in the Black Sea Region: A Cultural Values Approach to Populist Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYilmaz Esmer, Duygu Karadon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III. Cultural Values and Norms in the Black Sea Area\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Religious Change in the Black Sea Area: The History of the Path-Dependent Secularization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalina Voicu, Simona Maria Stanescu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Morality and Moral Change in the Black Sea Region: A Longitudinal Perspective with a Special Focus on Romania, Russia, and Turkey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermann Dülmer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Gender Norms and Values in the Black Sea Region\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVera Lomazzi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. (In)Tolerance in the Black Sea Region\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Almakaeva, Igor Chervinsky, Natalia Mikhailova\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV. Values and Identities in the Black Sea Region: National Case-Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Identity and Geopolitical Vector of Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEkaterine Pirtskhalava, Elene Kvanchilashvili\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12. National Securitization against Cultural Diversity in Turkey: Relevant Data in the World Values Survey and What Lies Beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDragoş C. Mateescu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Support for Democracy in Ukraine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNataliya Reshetova, Malina Voicu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKseniya Kizilova, Malina Voicu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042016166231,"sku":"9781666918250","price":82.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781666918250.jpg?v=1750952639","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-values-and-identities-in-the-black-sea-region-9781666918250","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}