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Informal Nationalism After Communism - The Everyday Construction of Post-Socialist Identities (Paperback)
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Informal Nationalism After Communism - The Everyday Construction of Post-Socialist Identities (Paperback)
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Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, nation building and
identity construction in the post-socialist region have been the
subject of extensive academic research. The majority of these
studies have taken a 'top-down' approach - focusing on the variety
of ways in which governments have sought to define the nascent
nation states - and in the process have often oversimplified the
complex and overlapping processes at play across the region.
Drawing on research on the Balkans, Central Asia, the Caucasus and
Eastern Europe, this book focuses instead on the role of
non-traditional, non-politicised and non-elite actors in the
construction of identity. Across topics as diverse as school
textbooks, turbofolk and home decoration, contributors - each an
academic with extensive on-the-ground experience - identify and
analyse the ways that individuals living across the post-socialist
region redefine identity on a daily basis, often by manipulating
and adapting state policy.In the process, Nation Building in the
Post-Socialist Region demonstrates the necessity of holistic,
trans-national and inter-disciplinary approaches to national
identity construction rather than studies limited to a single-state
territory. This is important reading for all scholars and
policymakers working on the post-socialist region.
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