The Consolidation of Chechen Ethnic Nationalism and Its Perception in Post-Soviet Russia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12429306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marat Grebennikov (Department of Political ScienceConcordia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 220-244 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1075-1262 • E-ISSN: 1876-3324 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18763324-04102009 |
| OpenAlex | W1565724909 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The emergence of an autocratic regime in Chechnya, traditionally structured on polycentric elites from clans and regions, has been just one outcome of President Putin’s ethnic policies based on personal loyalty. The paper addresses this puzzle: why, against rigorous rhetoric and demonstration of tight control over Chechnya, this region is already de facto separated from Russia? Concentrating on the question of ethnicity and its relation to democracy in contemporary Chechnya, the main argument of the article is while ethnic politics has been partly the outcome of the authoritarian rule of President Putin, the way ethnicity has been instrumentalized by the Chechen elites and the federal authorities, have created serious obstacles for the rise and the consolidation of democracy in Russia. The paper concludes that under the circumstances of ideological vacuum, pervasive corruption, and further crack-down on civil liberties that became defining characteristic features for the present political regime under President Putin, Chechen ethnic nationalism is gradually transforming the republic from a de facto independent territory associated with Russia into a de jure independent state that could request recognition of its independence from other countries
Authoritarianism · Autocracy · Chechen · Democracy · Dictatorship · Ethnic group · Ideology · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Soviet and Russian History
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |