Overview
- Reviews the effect of the separatist ethno-territorial conflicts and the geopolitical instability in the region on the politics of identity
- Seeks to understand the politics of citizenship and national identity in the buffer zone between Russia and the West
- Extensively theorizes the concept of birthright citizenship exploring its history, as well as its practices in the post-Soviet space
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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The Battle Between Blood and Territory: Academic, Historical and Institutional Setting
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The Politics of Unconditional Jus Soli in the Post-Soviet States with Frozen Conflicts
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Making Sense of the Findings
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About this book
This book seeks to understand the politics of nationalism in the buffer zone between Russia and the West: Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova, as well as Russia itself. It problematizes the official ways of defining the nation, and thus citizenship, in the light of “frozen” ethno-territorial conflicts and broader geopolitical discrepancies between Russia and the West. The author analyzes the politics of birthright citizenship policy in these countries and rejects the assumed connection between territorial nation-building and liberal democracy. The project will interest academics and graduate students in the fields of comparative and post-Soviet politics, nationalism, and citizenship, and international relations policy professionals.
Reviews
“This book makes important advances in the study of citizenship, nationalism, and national identity politics. Drawing on extensive primary research in and on Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova, the book offers rich empirical account of how and why elites in the post-Soviet region craft more or less inclusive citizenship rules. The author’s central argument that territorial and civic nationalism, while often used interchangeably, are in fact distinct concepts of collective identity both in their historical origin and in their impact on citizenship policy making in modern states will engage scholars of nationalism far beyond the post-Soviet region.” (Oxana Shevel, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Tufts University, USA)
“This book makes an important contribution to the scholarship of citizenship in post-Soviet states by exploring the origins of citizenship laws in Azerbaijan, Moldova and Georgia. This is an interesting book that highlights how ethnic identity, territorial nationalism, concerns of territorial integrity and geopolitics collide to define boundaries of citizenship in these countries. The book is rich with detail and relevant to contemporary events in the post-Soviet region. Sociologists, political scientists, historians studying nation-state-building in the contemporary era should read it.” (Shushanik Makaryan, Ph.D., Researcher, Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Maxim Tabachnik is Lecturer at University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Citizenship, Territoriality, and Post-Soviet Nationhood
Book Subtitle: The Politics of Birthright Citizenship in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova
Authors: Maxim Tabachnik
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12882-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12881-4Published: 11 April 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12884-5Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12882-1Published: 02 April 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 289
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, Comparative Politics, European Politics, Political Theory, Democracy