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

by Pål Kolstø

This book collects 8 thoroughly revised articles and book chapters, together with a new introductory theoretical chapter, based on P?l Kolst 's 30 years of study of nationalism and ethnic conflict in post-Soviet states. In them, Kolst examines how the drivers behind ethnic conflicts in the non-Russian republics were not only struggles for collective identities but also more mundane interests, such as competition for jobs and positions. He also analyses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147449501X
• ISBN13: 9781474495011
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"