Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan : : The Transformative Power of Informal Networks / / Michele E. Commercio.

The collapse of the Soviet Union suddenly rendered ethnic Russians living in non-Russian successor states like Latvia and Kyrgyzstan new minorities subject to dramatic political, economic, and social upheaval. As elites in these new states implemented formal policies and condoned informal practices...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]
©2010
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 14 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Part I.
  • Chapter 1. ''What the Hell Kind of 'Non-Native' Am I?''
  • Chapter 2. Informal Networks, Exit, and Voice
  • Chapter 3. Soviet Socialist Legacies and Post-Soviet Nationalization
  • Chapter 4. Opportunity Structures and the Role of Informal Networks in Their Reconfiguration
  • Part II
  • Chapter 5. Native Versus Non-Native: Russian Perceptions of Post-Soviet Nationalization
  • Chapter 6. Russian Responses to Perceptions of Socioeconomic Prospects
  • Chapter 7. Ethnic Systems in Transition
  • Appendix. Methods
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments