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Post-Soviet Armenia: nationalism and its (dis)contents

After independence: making and protecting the nation in postcolonial and postcommunist statesAnn ArborPublished In 2006 • Pages: 225-247

By: Panossian, Razmik.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document focuses in the politics of nationalism in Armenia since 1988. The author argues that in the years leading to the disintegration of the USSR, Armenian political parties with different ideological foundations shared a deeply-felt national aspiration for a sovereign Armenia that would include the Armenian-populated Karabakh enclave in Azerbaijan. Beginning from the mid-1990s, however, there was a political shift, refocusing on domestic bread-and-butter economic issues. Such dynamics suggest that nationalism be viewed as a phenomenon that can coexist with competing ideologies and policy interests.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Political movements
Political parties
Elections
Political intrigue
Public service
Form and rules of government
Chief executive
Inter-ethnic relations
Cultural identity and pride
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Armenia
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Caucasus
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Historian
Political Scientist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date given
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1988–2002
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Armenia
NotesAdditional notes
Razmik Panossian
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2005024419
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Armenians