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Religion, nation and democracy in the South Caucasus /

This book explores developments in the three major societies of the South Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - focusing especially on religion, historical traditions, national consciousness, and political culture, and on how these factors interact. It outlines how, despite close geographical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Agadjanian, Alexander, 1958- (Editor ), Jödicke, Ansgar (Editor ), Zweerde, Evert van der (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2015.
Colección:Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 59.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Conceptual frames. General trends in the interaction of religion and politics as applied to the South Caucasus / Ansgar Jödicke ; Ethnicity, nation and religion: current debates and South Caucasian reality / Alexander Aagadjanian ; Democratic repertoires: the South Caucasus case(s) / Evert van der Zweerde
  • Religion and politics. Introduction / Ketevan Khutsishvili ; Secularization and desecularization in Georgia: state and church under the Saakashvili government (2003-2012) / Barbare Janelidze ; Political power and church construction in Armenia / Yulia Antonyan ; Islam in Azerbaijan: revival and political involvement / Elnur Ismayilov
  • Religion, nationalism and education. Introduction / Farda Asadov ; Building Georgian national identity: a comparison of two turning points in history / Tatia Kekelia ; Challenges for women's education in independent Azerbaijan / Nigar Gozalova ; Constructing identities through general education: religion within the framework of national identity in Armenia / Satenik Mkrtchyan
  • Cultural values, ideology and democracy. Introduction / Tigran Matosyan ; An analysis of counter-hegemony: challenges of political opposition in Azerbaijan / Rashad Shirinov ; Myths and politics: "Old" Beliefs and "New" aspirations in independent Armenia / Sona Hovhannisyan ; Collectivism/individualism in the South Caucasus. Implications for democracy / Tigran Matosyan
  • International context and external impacts. Introduction / Hovhannes Hovhannisyan ; Sh'a politics, "Strategic Culture" and Iran's relations with the South Caucasus / Tatevik Mkrtchyan ; Andrey Makarychev: Russia's soft power in the South Caucasus: discourses, communication, hegemony / Alexander Kornilov ; Between ambition and realism: Turkey's engagement in the South Caucasus / Bayram Balci.