Transnistrian Nation-Building
A Case of Effective Diversity Policies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11048265 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Osipov (0000-0002-6237-4425, European Centre for Minority Issues, corresponding author), Hanna Vasilevich (0000-0002-3379-9651) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 983-999 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/nps.2018.26 |
| OpenAlex | W2966139100 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 44 |
This article addresses the reasons why ethnic diversity has never posed a challenge to the stability of Transnistria (also called the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic), an unrecognized state that broke away from Moldova during the collapse of the Soviet Union. We analyze the major societal and political patterns relevant to ethnic relations in the region and focus on the structure, content, and effectiveness of Transnistrian legislation concerning ethnic and linguistic diversity along with the practices of its implementation. In our view, formal and informal ethnic divisions do not hinder the political stability of Transnistria. We conclude that the stability of ethnic relations in Transnistria in part results from a deliberate policy aimed at managing diversity. This policy provides for the dependence of the populace on the state apparatus achieved through a dense plethora of government-orchestrated activities as well as the reproduction of nonconflictual, eclectic, and thus socially acceptable national narratives inherited from the Soviet past
Diversity (politics · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics · Legislation · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reproduction · Sociology · State (computer science · European and International Law Studies · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
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The field of cultural production
Multilingualism in Post-Soviet Countries
The Invention Of Tradition
Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe
The Politics of Uncertainty
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Neo-liberalism and the End of Liberal Democracy
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Neopatrimonialism Reconsidered
Marking time in the middle ground
Nationalism and Identity in Transnistria
Living with Non-recognition
The Making of an Empty Moldovan Category within a Multiethnic Transnistrian Nation
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History, Memory and Nation Building in the Post-Soviet Colonial Space
Language and education laws in multi-ethnic de facto states
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Regimes of Ethnicity and Nationhood in Germany, Russia, and Turkey
Federalism and Democracy in Moldova
From Secessionist Conflict Toward a Functioning State
The timelessness of nations
Secession and hybrid regime politics in transnistria
Informal Economies in Post-Socialist Spaces
The field of cultural production, or
The autonomous power of the state
The Sustainability and Future of Unrecognized Quasi-States
The empire strikes back
Beyond 'identity
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |