Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 659 g
Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 659 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-81807-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
This book explains how state institutions affect ethnic mobilization. It focuses on how ethno-nationalist movements emerge on the political arena, develop organizational structures, frame demands, and attract followers. It does so in the context of examining the widespread surge of nationalist sentiment that occurred through the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It shows that even during this period of institutional upheaval, pre-existing ethnic institutions affected the tactics of the movement leaders. It challenges the widely held perception that governing elites can kindle latent ethnic grievances virtually at will to maintain power. It argues that nationalist leaders can't always mobilize widespread popular support and that their success in doing so depends on the extent to which ethnicity is institutionalized by state structures. It shifts the study of ethnic mobilization from the whys of its emergence to the hows of its development as a political force.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
Weitere Infos & Material
List of figures and tables; Preface; 1. Minority ethnic mobilization in Russia: an introduction; 2. Explaining ethnic mobilization: the role of ethnic institutions; 3. From cultural society to popular front: the formation and development of nationalist organizations; 4. The Soviet institutional legacy and ethno-nationalist ideology; 5. Institutions matter: measuring support for nationalism; 6. Intragroup variation in support for nationalism: not all ethnics are the same; 7. Outcomes: did regional governments adopt the nationalist agenda?; 8. The larger picture: support for nationalism in Russia's other republics; 9. Institutions and nationalism; Appendix: construction of variables and indices; References; Index.
