ISBN:
9781501759796
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 254 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
[Online-Ausgabe]
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Balzer, Marjorie Mandelstam, 1950 - Galvanizing nostalgia?
Keywords:
Buriats
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Indigenous peoples Ethnic identity
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Sovereignty
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Tuvinian (Turkic people)
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Yakut (Turkic people)
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HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
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Republics of the Russian Far East, ecology and climate change in the Arctic, nested sovereignty, federalism in Russia, Sakha (Yakutia), Buryatia and Tyva
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Sibirien
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Indigenes Volk
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Souveränität
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Russland
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Bundesstaat
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Geschichte
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Burjatien
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Jakutien
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Tuwa
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Zivilgesellschaft
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Kultur
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Ökologie
Abstract:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: Credits, Claims, and Confessions -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction: Contested Ecological, Cultural, and Political Sovereignty in Russia -- 1. Sakha Republic (Yakutia): Resource Rich and Pivotal -- 2. Republic of Buryatia: Gerrymandered and Struggling -- 3. Republic of Tyva (Tuva): A Borderline State with Demographic Advantages -- 4. Crossover Trends: Eurasianism, Competition, Cooperation, and Protest -- Conclusions: Federalism, Cultural Dignity, and Nostalgia -- Notes -- References -- Index
Abstract:
Galvanizing Nostalgia? explores critical questions for the survival of Russia in its nominally federal form. Will Russia fall apart along the lines of its internal republics, as did the Soviet Union? Based on cultural anthropology field and historical research in major republics of Eastern Siberia-Sakha (Yakutia), Buryatia and Tyva (Tuva)-this book highlights Indigenous concerns about self-determination.Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer suggests that a fragile and disorganized dynamic of nested sovereignties has developed within Russia. Ecology activism has grown, given new threats to the environment and accelerating climate challenges, especially in the Arctic. Focus on strategically chosen republics enables comparing and contrasting interethnic relations, language politics, and the salience of gender, demography, resource competition, environmental degradation, and increased spirituality. Republics vary in their neo-colonial relationships to Moscow authorities. Some local leaders, such as a politicized shaman, use nostalgia for cultural achievements to galvanize citizens. Since the Soviet Union collapsed, cultural and political revitalization has been relatively more viable, although still difficult, in areas where Siberians have their own republics.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781501759796
URL:
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