Nation Building And Ethnic Integration In Post-soviet Societies

An Investigation Of Latvia And Kazakstan

• Author(s): Jorn Holm-hansen,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 360
• ISBN_10: 0429721501
  ISBN_13: 9780429721502
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / General , Political Science / World / Russian & Soviet , Social Science / Regional Studies ,

Description:... Of all the states of the former Soviet Union, it is in Latvia and in Kazakstan that the titular nation represents the lowest share of the total population: as of 1997, approximately 57 per cent in Latvia and 50 per cent in Kazakstan. In such a situation it is difficult to see how the titular (Latvian, Kazak) culture can serve as a consolidating ele