NATION-BUILDING AND COMMON VALUES IN RUSSIA by Professor Pal Kolsto (Editor), Helge Blakkisrud (Editor) ( 9780742541498 )

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NATION-BUILDING AND COMMON VALUES IN RUSSIA

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Professor Pal Kolsto (Editor), Helge Blakkisrud (Editor)

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0742541495

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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD

Pub. date:

1 November, 2005

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390

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Analyzes the preconditions for, and processes of nation-building, while focusing on the values in one of the largest countries among the FSU states - Russia. This book is the third volume in a series on nation-building and ethnic integration in post-Soviet societies.

Synopsis:

Vladimir Putin has explicitly based his nation-building initiatives on the assumption that there exists a vast pool of common values in Russia that cut across ethnic and regional divides. Nation-Building and Common Values in Russia explores whether Putin is correct in his assumption, and to what degree a "commonality of values" among the citizens of a country is a crucial element in the establishment of a common identity among them. The study raises two basic questions: Which values are actually common among various groups in Russia's population? And which nation-building strategies are the Russian authorities actually pursuing, centrally and locally? Sociological and political approaches to the study of nation-building and national cohesion in Russia are employed to answer these questions, and the findings contribute to a better understanding of nation-building processes in post-Communist Russia in general and of Putin's strategies in particular.

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