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Book SynopsisWith the breakup of the Soviet Union and the subsequent creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the nationality question has assumed central importance. In this collection of essays, twelve leading specialists analyze the current situation.
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Table of ContentsThe "National Factor" and the Logic of Sovietology, by Gregory Gleason Soviet Policies Toward the Non-Russian Peoples in Theoretic and Historic Perspective: What Gorbachev Inherited, by Walker Connor Ideology and the Making of a Nationalities Policy, by Ronald J. Hill Legitimations, Nationalities, and the Deep Structure of Ideology, by Neil Harding Managing Nationalism: State, Law, and the National Question in the USSR, by John N. Hazard Elites and Ethnic Identities in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, by Mark R. Beissinger The Political Police and the National Question in the Soviet Union, by Amy Knight Nations of the USSR: From Mobilized Participation to Autonomous Diversity, by Theodore H. Friedgut Development and Ethnicity in the Soviet Union, by Zvi Gitelman Soviet Economic Structure and the National Question, by Richard E. Ericson Class, Social Structure, Nationality, by Walter D. Connor The End of Sovietology: From Soviet Studies to Post-Soviet Studies, by Alexander J. Motyl