Post-Soviet Borders: A Kaleidoscope of Shifting Lives and Lands (Routledge Borderlands Studies)

Synopsis

This book investigates how borders in former Soviet Union territories have evolved and shifted in the thirty years since the end of the Cold War. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to fifteen independent states and numerous de facto states; but this process of rebordering is not finished, and social, economic, infrastructural, cultural and political networks and spaces continue to develop. This book explores the intersection between these geopolitical shifts and the individual lived experience, drawing on cases from across border regions in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Throughout, the book introduces and frames the case studies with well-informed theoretical, conceptual and methodological overviews that situate them within border studies in general and post-Soviet border spaces in particular. Overall, the book demonstrates that like a kaleidoscope, the dynamic elements in these newly evolved border regions are similar yet strikingly different in their juxtapositions, with the appearance of new configurations often dependent on changing geopolitical constellations. This timely guide to the post-Soviet world thirty years after the Cold War will be of interest to researchers across border studies, politics, geography, social anthropology, history, Eastern European Studies, Central Asian Studies, and Caucasian Studies.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

232 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000642889

Related ISBNs:

9781003169376, 9780367770105, 9780367770082

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

12/01/22

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Sabine von Löwis and Beate Eschment

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Sabine von Löwis

Edited by:

Beate Eschment