ISBN:
0415332605
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 235 p)
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Transnationalism
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in Transnationalism Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Central Asia and the Caucasus : Transnationalism and Diaspora
DDC:
305.8/00958/090511
Keywords:
Nationalism
;
Nationalism
;
Asia, Central ; Ethnic relations
;
Caucasus ; Ethnic relations
;
Nationalism ; Asia, Central
;
Nationalism ; Caucasus
;
Electronic books
;
Caucasus Ethnic relations
;
Asia, Central Ethnic relations
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
This book focuses on the dynamics among transnational forces within and beyond Central Asia and explores the roles played by diaspora communities in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on contributors; 1 Introduction Transnationalism and diaspora in Central Asia and the Caucasus; 2 Nationalism from without Theorizing the role of diasporas in contemporary conflict; 3 Towards a typology of diasporas in Kazakhstan; 4 Russians in post Soviet Central Asia Issues and concerns; 5 State homeland and diaspora The Armenian and Azerbaijani cases; 6 Diaspora and global civil society The impact of transnational diasporic activism on Armenia's post Soviet transition
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Afghan communities in Uzbekistan A preliminary case study8 Uighur community in 1990s Central Asia A decade of change; 9 The Afghan diaspora Reflections on the imagined country; 10 Islam in China Transnationalism or transgression; 11 The Assyrian diaspora Cultural survival in the absence of state structure; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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