Strategic Uses of Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict : : Interest and Identity in Russia and the Post-Soviet Space / / Pål Kolstø.

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• VerfasserIn: Kolstø, Pål,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.) :; 20 B/W illustrations

Argues that nationalism and ethnic conflict can be used as strategies to achieve power and influenceCollects 8 thoroughly revised articles and book chapters, together with a new introductory theoretical chapter, based on Pål Kolstø's 30 years of study of nationalism and ethnic conflict in post-Soviet statesUses inter-related case studies in Russia and the former Soviet UnionTheoretically informed, with both an overarching theoretical framework and chapter-specific theoretical discussionsShows how the resurgence of ethnonationalism in the post-Soviet world compells us to re-examine the dynamics of ethnic conflictBased on specific empirical cases, drawing on a wealth of primary sourcesWith a new introductory theoretical chapter, the book collects eight thoroughly revised articles and book chapters on nationalism and ethnic conflict in post Soviet states. Kolstø examines how the drivers behind ethnic conflicts in the non-Russian republics were not only the struggles for collective identities but also more mundane interests, such as competition for jobs and positions.He also analyses the transformations of Russian nationalism, both among the ruling elite and in the opposition, with a particular focus on the use of symbolism.Exploring nationalism as a pervasive feature of politics in the modern world, Kolstø argues that both state leaders and 'ethnic entrepreneurs' employ nationalist rhetoric and stratagems to further their political agendas and achieve particular goals. He examines some of the ways this is used as a political strategy and focuses on nationalism at the societal level and as a state strategy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- 1 NATIONALISMS AND INTEREST-DRIVEN IDENTITIES: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- 2 COMPETING WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL DIASPORIANS: ORIGINS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA -- 3 NATIONALISM, ETHNIC CONFLICT AND JOB COMPETITION: NON-RUSSIAN COLLECTIVE ACTION IN THE USSR UNDER PERESTROIKA -- 4 THE CONCEPT OF ‘ROOTEDNESS’ IN THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL POWER IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IN THE 1990s -- 5 ANTEMURALE THINKING AS HISTORICAL MYTH AND ETHNIC BOUNDARY MECHANISM IN EASTERN EUROPE -- 6 IMPERIALISM AND ETHNOCENTRISM IN RUSSIAN NATIONALISM -- 7 THE ST GEORGE RIBBON AND THE IMMORTAL REGIMENT: NEW SYMBOLS AND RITUALS IN RUSSIAN REGIME-LEGITIMATION -- 8 COLLABORATION BETWEEN NATIONALISTS AND LIBERALS IN THE RUSSIAN OPPOSITION, 2011–2013 -- 9 CRIMEA VERSUS DONBAS: RUSSIAN NATIONALIST REACTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index