Symbols and the Image of the State in Eurasia

• Main Author: Sengupta, Anita (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Ethnology > Asia.; Russia > Politics and government.; Political sociology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789811023927
• ISSN: 2191-5466
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-2392-7
• Physical Description: XI, 138 p. online resource.

This book discusses the significance of cultural symbols/'images' in the nation-building of Eurasian states that emerged out of the former Soviet Union. It particularly focuses on the cases of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in the post-Soviet era and argues that the relationship between nation-...