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Transnistrian Nation-Building: A Case of Effective Diversity Policies?
- Source :
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Nationalities Papers . Nov2019, Vol. 47 Issue 6, p983-999. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This article addresses the reasons why ethnic diversity has never posed a challenge to the stability of Transnistria (also called the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic), an unrecognized state that broke away from Moldova during the collapse of the Soviet Union. We analyze the major societal and political patterns relevant to ethnic relations in the region and focus on the structure, content, and effectiveness of Transnistrian legislation concerning ethnic and linguistic diversity along with the practices of its implementation. In our view, formal and informal ethnic divisions do not hinder the political stability of Transnistria. We conclude that the stability of ethnic relations in Transnistria in part results from a deliberate policy aimed at managing diversity. This policy provides for the dependence of the populace on the state apparatus achieved through a dense plethora of government-orchestrated activities as well as the reproduction of nonconflictual, eclectic, and thus socially acceptable national narratives inherited from the Soviet past. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CULTURAL pluralism
*ETHNIC relations
*ETHNIC groups
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00905992
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Nationalities Papers
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 140378030
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/nps.2018.26