00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000000831 20221110090332 0010-0520000831 221110################|##########|#eng## 9780813337526 eng 320.947 320.947 KOL p Kolst, Pal Political Construction Sites : Nation Building In Russia and The Post-Soviet States / Pal Kolst Colorado : Westview Press, 2000 xi, 308 p. : : illus. ; 23 cm Indeks : p.299-308 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. Former Soviet Republics--Politics and government Nationalism--Former soviet republics p.293-297 00000015469 00000015470 00000015470 00000015469