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Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands : The Politics of National Identities
Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands The Politics of National Identities Author:Graham Smith, Vivien Law, Andrew Wilson, Annette Bohr, Edward Allworth The emergence in 1991 of the fourteen borderland post-Soviet states has been accompanied by the reforging of their national identities. Such attempts to rethink or reimagine the nation have had a major impact in reshaping the political, cultural and social lives of both national and ethnic minority groups alike. This book analyzes these national... more » identities and explores their consequences for the borderland states, with substantive studies drawn from the Baltic states, Ukraine and Belarus, Transcaucasia and Central Asia.« less