Thinking theoretically about Soviet nationalities : history and comparison in the study of the USSR / edited by Alexander J. Motyl.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Studies of the Harriman Institute.
Other Authors: Motyl, Alexander J.
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [1992], ©1992.
Series:Studies of the Harriman Institute.
Subjects:
Soviet Union > Ethnic relations.
Ethnicity > Soviet Union.
Nationalism > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1985-1991.
Minorities > Soviet Union.
Ethnic groups.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Physical Description:vi, 284 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • How to begin thinking comparatively about Soviet ethnic problems / Donald L. Horowitz
  • The autonomy of ethnic identity : historic cleavages and nationality relations in the USSR / John A. Armstrong
  • Ethnic identity and territorial nationalism in comparative perspective / Anthony D. Smith
  • The national and colonial question and Marxism : a view from the South / M. Crawford Young
  • Language and national identity in the Soviet Union and India / Paul R. Brass
  • Language and the state : Russia and the Soviet Union in comparative perspective / David D. Laitin, Roger Petersen, and John W. Slocum
  • The emergence of nationalist politics in the USSR : a comparison of Estonia and the Ukraine / Charles F. Furtado, Jr. and Michael Hechter
  • Center-periphery relations in the Soviet Empire : some interpretive observations / S.N. Eisenstadt
  • Ethnic conflict in the Soviet Union : the revenge of particularism / Kenneth Minogue and Beryl Williams
  • Nationalism in the vacuum / Ernest Gellner
  • Building bridges and changing landmarks : theory and concept in the study of Soviet nationalities / Alexander J. Motyl.