ISBN:
9780190055103
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (473 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.48/24704
Keywords:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.-bisacsh
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Russia (Federation)-Politics and government-1991-
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Former Soviet republics-Politics and government
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Europe-Politics and government-1989-
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Russia (Federation)-Foreign relations-Europe
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Europe-Foreign relations-Russia (Federation)
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Former Soviet republics-Foreign relations-Europe
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Europe-Foreign relations-Former Soviet republics
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Abstract:
This book explores what the concept of "being European" means to people in Russia and the states of the former Soviet Union. Katherine Graney provides a panoramic and historically rooted overview of politics in the post-Soviet world, focusing in particular on how Europe--as both real place and symbol--has structured the political trajectory of this vast region. In sum, Graney provides both a theoretical discussion of contemporary Europeanness, and an empirical examination of how Russia and each of the fourteen former Soviet states are actually attempting to "be European," or not.
Abstract:
Cover -- Russia, the Former Soviet Republics, and Europe since 1989 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations Used in Text -- List of News Sources Cited in Text -- 1. From Europhilia to Europhobia?: Trajectories and Theories of Europeanization in the Post-Communist World since 1989 -- 2. Europe as a Cultural-Civilizational Construct -- 3. Political Europeanization since 1989 -- 4. Security Europeanization since 1989 -- 5. Cultural-Civilizational Europeanization since 1989 -- 6. Russia: Eternal and Incomplete Europeanization -- 7. The Baltic States: Successful "Return to Europe" -- 8. Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova: Almost European? -- 9. The Caucasus States: The Endpoint of Europe or Europe's New Eastern Boundary? -- 10. The Central Asian States: Not European by Mutual Agreement? -- 11. Conclusion: The Continuing Influence of the Eurocentric-Orientalist Cultural Gradient on European, Russian, and Post-Soviet Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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