The Political Struggle for Evenkia's “Special Status” Within Krasnoyarsk Krai (Central Siberia)
The article discusses the postcolonial (i.e. post‐Soviet) transformations that have occurred among Central Siberia's indigenous groups. Ethnic identification processes among the Central Siberian Evenks, in particular, were on the rise during the Soviet period. The ethnic communities of Evenkia...
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crwiley:10.1111/aspp.12299 2024-06-02T08:06:17+00:00 The Political Struggle for Evenkia's “Special Status” Within Krasnoyarsk Krai (Central Siberia) Koptseva, Natalia P. Reznikova, Kseniya V. Kirko, Vladimir I. 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12299 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Faspp.12299 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/aspp.12299 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Asian Politics & Policy volume 9, issue 1, page 99-121 ISSN 1943-0779 1943-0787 journal-article 2017 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12299 2024-05-03T11:40:32Z The article discusses the postcolonial (i.e. post‐Soviet) transformations that have occurred among Central Siberia's indigenous groups. Ethnic identification processes among the Central Siberian Evenks, in particular, were on the rise during the Soviet period. The ethnic communities of Evenkia are now undergoing active stratification, with the emergence of a political elite known as “professional aborigines.” This political elite is more likely to include people with mixed backgrounds residing in urbanized settlements rather than pure Evenks living a nomadic lifestyle. “Professional aborigines” have clearly identifiable economic interests characteristic of the post‐Soviet market economy, including high corruption rates identified with so‐called “state capture.” Article in Journal/Newspaper Evenks Krasnoyarsk Krai Siberia Wiley Online Library Asian Politics & Policy 9 1 99 121 |
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The article discusses the postcolonial (i.e. post‐Soviet) transformations that have occurred among Central Siberia's indigenous groups. Ethnic identification processes among the Central Siberian Evenks, in particular, were on the rise during the Soviet period. The ethnic communities of Evenkia are now undergoing active stratification, with the emergence of a political elite known as “professional aborigines.” This political elite is more likely to include people with mixed backgrounds residing in urbanized settlements rather than pure Evenks living a nomadic lifestyle. “Professional aborigines” have clearly identifiable economic interests characteristic of the post‐Soviet market economy, including high corruption rates identified with so‐called “state capture.” |
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Koptseva, Natalia P. Reznikova, Kseniya V. Kirko, Vladimir I. The Political Struggle for Evenkia's “Special Status” Within Krasnoyarsk Krai (Central Siberia) |
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Koptseva, Natalia P. Reznikova, Kseniya V. Kirko, Vladimir I. |
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The Political Struggle for Evenkia's “Special Status” Within Krasnoyarsk Krai (Central Siberia) |
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