Russian minority politics in post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan : the transformative power of informal networks /

Russian minority politics in post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan : the transformative power of informal networks /

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Why do Russians choose to stay in Latvia, a state that adopts antagonistic policies that favor Latvians at the expense of Russians, yet migrate from Kyrgyzstan, a state that adopts accommodating policies to placate Kyrgyz and Russians? Michele E. Commercio suggests that the answer to this question l...

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Author / Creator: Commercio, Michele E.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:In English.
Imprint: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Series:National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century.
Subjects:
Nationalism > Kyrgyzstan.
Nationalism > Latvia.
Russians > Kyrgyzstan > Ethnic identity.
Russians > Kyrgyzstan > Politics and government.
Russians > Latvia > Ethnic identity.
Russians > Latvia > Politics and government.
Social networks > Kyrgyzstan.
Social networks > Latvia.
Ethnic relations
Nationalism
Russians > Ethnic identity
Russians > Politics and government
Social networks
Kyrgyzstan > Ethnic relations.
Latvia > Ethnic relations.
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • A Note on Transliteration
  • Part I.
  • Chapter 1. "What the Hell Kind of 'Non-Native' Am I"?
  • Chapter 2. Informal Networks, Exit, and Voice
  • Chapter 3. Soviet Socialist Legacies and Post-Soviet Nationalization
  • Chapter 4. Opportunity Structures and the Role of Informal Networks in Their Reconfiguration
  • Part II.
  • Chapter 5. Native Versus Non-Native: Russian Perceptions of Post-Soviet Nationalization
  • Chapter 6. Russian Responses to Perceptions of Socioeconomic Prospects
  • Chapter 7. Ethnic Systems in Transition
  • Appendix: Methods
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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