Identity and politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Murad Ismayilov, Mohammed Ayoob.
• Editors: Ismayilov, Murad; Ayoob, Mohammed, 1942-
• Contents: Introduction: Identity as a source and an output of foreign policy and regional security in post-Soviet Central Eurasia: Towards integrating nationalism scholarship into IR constructivism Murad Ismayilov PART I: Nation-building and emerging identities in post-Soviet Central Eurasia 1. Threat perceptions of Islam in a post-communist secular context: Public policies towards Islamic finance in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan and the effects on nation-building Fuad Aliyev 2. Language and sovereignty: A comparative analysis of language policy in Tatarstan and Kazakhstan, 1991-2010 Kyle L. Marquardt 3.Identity recovered vs. identity redefined: Three post-Soviet cases Paul Goble 4. Domesticating elite education: Raising patriots and educating Kazakhstan’s future Natalie Koch PART II: From identity to foreign policy back to identity 5. Russian foreign policy toward Central Asia and the Caucasus since the end of the Cold War: A search for identity with geopolitical characteristics Norman A. Graham 6. International commitments to elections and election observation in the Caucasus and Central Asia: The interplay between political identity, foreign policy and regional affiliation Rick Fawn 7. Identity and alignment in Central Eurasia S. Neil MacFarlane 8. International cultural engagements and their domestic effects: Eurovision and nation-building in Azerbaijan Murad Ismayilov
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 320.958; Asia, Central -- Politics and government -- 1991-; National characteristics, Central Asian; Caucasus, South -- Politics and government -- 1991-; Asia, Central -- Foreign relations; Caucasus, South -- Foreign relations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317556398; 9781317556404; 9781317556381
• Related ISBNs: 9781138840218
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