[Discussion] Nations, Minorities and States in Central Asia

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PUBL.- Ajay Patnaik, Nations, Minorities and States in Central Asia

Book Title: Nations, Minorities and States in Central Asia
Author: Ajay Patnaik
Publisher: Anamika Publishers, New Delhi, India
Publication Year: 2003
ISBN: 81-7975-070-1
Type: Hard Cover
Extent: 266 pp. 
Price: Indian Rupees 650

About the book:

The book looks at identity issues that gripped societies and states in 
Central Asia following Soviet disintegration. Resurgence of Islam on a wider 
scale, changes in ethno-demographic structure and policy changes related to 
language and citizenship etc. that worried ethnic minorities. The book also 
focuses on state policies in Central Asia that have consolidated nationhood 
of the titular groups as well as seek to build upon a multi-ethnic and 
diverse society. Circumstances that gear some states more towards inclusive 
policies than others have been discussed and in the process differences in 
ethno-national situation in different Central Asian states have been 
highlights.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Nation and state formation under the Soviets

Chapter 2 - Ethnic heterogeneity and sub-national identities

Chapter 3 - National Minorities since independence

Chapter 4 - Identity politics and nation building

Chapter 5 - Dialectics of inclusion and exclusion in State building

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the Author:

Dr. Ajay Patnaik is at present professor in the Centre for Russian, Central 
Asian and East European Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 
India. Author of two earlier books - Central Asia: Between Modernity and 
Tradition (1996) and Perestroika and Women Labour Force in Soviet Central 
Asia (1989), Ajay Patnaik is at present Executive Editor of the journal 
Contemporary Central Asia brought out from India.

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