Nation-building in the post-Soviet borderlands : the politics of national identities
"Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands: The Politics of National Identities" is a comprehensive analysis of how national and ethnic identities have been reshaped in the post-Soviet states following their emergence in 1991. The book is divided into three parts: the first examines the rewriting of national histories, focusing on new nationalizing historiographies and myths of origin; the second explores the ethnopolitics of group boundary construction, highlighting policies of inclusion and exclusion; and the third investigates the relationship between nation-building and language, particularly how competing conceptions of national identity have influenced political decisions and affected ethnic minorities. The authors draw on substantive studies from the Baltic states, Ukraine, Belarus, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia to illustrate these themes. The book is authored by Graham Smith, Vivien Law, Andrew Wilson, Annette Bohr, and Edward Allworth, and was published by Cambridge University Press in 1998. It is available in both hardback and paperback formats, with ISBNs 9780521590457 and 9780521599689, respectively
Print Book, English, 1998
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], 1998