The Soviet nationality reader : the disintegration in context

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The Soviet nationality reader : the disintegration in context / edited by Rachel Denber.

Summary:

Setting the context for the crisis that has fragmented the former USSR, this reader presents key essays by notable Western scholars who have shaped the debates within the field of Soviet nationality studies. Focusing first on the historical development of the Soviet multiethnic state, the discussions then turn to specific problem areas, including federalism, elites, economy, language policy, and nationalism. An introductory essay by the editor discusses how the works in teh book contribute to our understanding of the current disintegration and analyzes opposing perspectives in the debates. Intended for use as a textbook in undergraduate or graduate courses on Soviet nationality problems or Soviet and post-Soviet domestic politics, this anthology will be valuable for students and professors alike.

Record details

ISBN: 0813310261
ISBN: 9780813310268
ISBN: 081331027X
ISBN: 9780813310275
Physical Description: ix, 635 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boulder : Westview Press, 1992.

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Published in cooperation with the Nationalities and Siberian Studies Program, W. Averell Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union, Columbia University"--Page opposite title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: The Soviet prototype / Walker Connor -- The establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics / Richard Pipes -- When the "prison of peoples" was opened / Hélène Carrère d'Encausse -- The evolution of the Soviet federal system / Gregory Gleason -- The debate over Soviet federalism / Grey Hodnett -- Soviet federalism and ethnic mobilization / Philip G. Roeder -- Cadres policy in nationality areas : recruitment of CPSU first and second secretaries in non-Russian republics of the USSR / John H. Miller -- Ethnicity, the personnel weapon and neoimperial integration : Ukrainian and RSFSR provincial party officials compared / Mark Beissinger -- The ethnic scene in the Soviet Union : the view of the dictatorship / John A. Armstrong -- Nationalities and the Soviet economy / Gertrude E. Schroeder.

Half full or half empty? : the debate over Soviet regional equality / Donna Bahry and Carol Nechemias -- The evolution of Soviet fiscal federalism / Donna Bahry -- Language, culture, religion, and cultural awareness / John Dunlop -- Soviet language planning : goals, results, options / Jonathan Pool -- Equality, efficiency, and politics in Soviet bilingual education policy, 1934-1980 / Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver -- The dialectics of nationalism in the USSR / Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone -- Ethnonationalism and political stability : the Soviet case / Gail Warshofsky Lapidus -- Lithuanian national politics / V. Stanley Vardys -- Nationalism and democracy in Gorbachev's Soviet Union : the case of Karabargh / Ronald Grigor Suny -- Dilemmas of Russian nationalism / Roman Szporluk -- Ethnic politics in the USSR / Paul Goble.

The sobering of Gorbachev : nationality, restructuring, and the West / Alexander J. Motyl -- Soviet federalism / Stephan Kux.