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ISBN10: 0812242211, ISBN13: 9780812242218, [publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Pennsylvania] Hardcover Hardcover. The collapse of the Soviet Union suddenly rendered ethnic Russians living in non-Russian successor states like Latvia and Kyrgyzstan new minorities subject to dramatic political, economic, and social upheaval. As elites in these new states implemented formal policies and condoned informal practices that privileged non-Russians, ethnic Russians had to react. In Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan, Michele E. Commercio draws on extensive field research, including hundreds of personal interviews, to analyze the responses of minority Russians to such policies and practices. In particular, she focuses on the role played by formal and informal institutions in the crystallization of Russian attitudes, preferences, and behaviors in these states.Commercio asks why there is more out-migration and less political mobilization among Russians in Kyrgyzstan, a state that adopts policies that placate both Kyrgyz and Russians, and less out-migration and more political mobilization among Russians in Latvia, a state that adopts policies that favor Latvians at the expense of Russians. Challenging current thinking, she suggests that the answer to this question lies in the power of informal networks.After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Communist party, Komsomol youth organization, and KGB networks were transformed into informal ...

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University of Pennsylvania Press 2010 Hard cover Like New Fine. Cloth, D-j. 2010. Originally published at $59.95.

ISBN10: 0812242211, ISBN13: 9780812242218, [publisher: Pennsylvania.] Hardcover Fine. Cloth, D-j. 2010. Originally published at $59.95.
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ISBN10: 0812242211, ISBN13: 9780812242218, [publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Why do Russians choose to stay in Latvia, a state that adopts antagonistic policies that favor Latvians at the expense of Russians, yet migrate from Kyrgyzstan, a state that adopts accommodating policies to placate Kyrgyz and Russians? Michele E. Commercio suggests that the answer to this question lies in the power of informal networks.
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