Former Soviet Republics--Politics and government -- Nationalism--Former soviet republics

Indeks : p.299-308 ; p.293-297 ; The book traces the nation-building processes that are unfolding in the post-Soviet states after the fall of Communism. It notes that state leaders in all of these states are making strenuous efforts to imbue their population with a sense of common nationhood. In the post-Soviet world, however, the concept of ?nation? is for all practical purposes synonymous with ?ethnic group?, and nation-building strategies tend to be based on the culture and language of the dominant group, the so-called ?titular nationality?. Members of minority groups often see themselves as culturally and politically marginalized.