Russia's “Ethnic Revival”: The Separatist Activism of Regional Leaders in a Postcommunist Order
Since 1990 Russia has experienced an unexpected “ethnic revival.” Varying widely in geography, culture, economic development, and institutional history, the country's thirty-two ethnic regions offer a chance to weigh the evidence for alternative theories of separatist activism. This paper exami...
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crjohnshopkinsun:10.1353/wp.1997.0006 2024-09-15T18:02:03+00:00 Russia's “Ethnic Revival”: The Separatist Activism of Regional Leaders in a Postcommunist Order Treisman, Daniel S. 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/wp.1997.0006 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S004388710000455X en eng Project MUSE https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms World Politics volume 49, issue 2, page 212-249 ISSN 0043-8871 1086-3338 journal-article 1997 crjohnshopkinsun https://doi.org/10.1353/wp.1997.0006 2024-09-05T04:56:23Z Since 1990 Russia has experienced an unexpected “ethnic revival.” Varying widely in geography, culture, economic development, and institutional history, the country's thirty-two ethnic regions offer a chance to weigh the evidence for alternative theories of separatist activism. This paper examines statistically why some—such as Chechnya and Tatarstan—have come to epitomize demands for greater independence, while others—such as Mordovia or Chukotka—have remained largely quiescent. It finds that, while a Muslim religious tradition predisposed a region's leaders to press greater separatist demands, such primordial factors werefilteredthrough a rational calculus of the region's relative bargaining power in negotiations with the center and of the leader's own organizational interests. Contrary to some leading theories, the most developed, resource-rich, and high-income groups and regions were more separatist than more economically backward ones. Article in Journal/Newspaper Chukotka Johns Hopkins University Press World Politics 49 2 212 249 |
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Since 1990 Russia has experienced an unexpected “ethnic revival.” Varying widely in geography, culture, economic development, and institutional history, the country's thirty-two ethnic regions offer a chance to weigh the evidence for alternative theories of separatist activism. This paper examines statistically why some—such as Chechnya and Tatarstan—have come to epitomize demands for greater independence, while others—such as Mordovia or Chukotka—have remained largely quiescent. It finds that, while a Muslim religious tradition predisposed a region's leaders to press greater separatist demands, such primordial factors werefilteredthrough a rational calculus of the region's relative bargaining power in negotiations with the center and of the leader's own organizational interests. Contrary to some leading theories, the most developed, resource-rich, and high-income groups and regions were more separatist than more economically backward ones. |
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Russia's “Ethnic Revival”: The Separatist Activism of Regional Leaders in a Postcommunist Order |
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