Celebrating Borderland in a Wider Europe : Nations and Identities in Ukraine, Georgia and Estonia （2016. 148 p. 227.0 mm）

Makarychev, Andrey/Yatsyk, Alexandra

NOMOS（2016発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版
• 商品コード 9783848711659

Description

(Short description)
The book addresses post-Soviet borderland identities in Ukraine, Georgia and Estonia since the fall of the Soviet Union. Instead of a traditional focusing on the policies of main geopolitical actors (Russia, the EU, the US, NATO, etc.), the authors unpack the various logics, strategies and contexts emanated from a variety of borderland actors themselves.
(Text)
This book addresses Estonian, Ukrainian and Georgian identities which have developed against the backdrop of Russia s neo-imperialist policies and the EU s normative projection of power. With the decreasing explanatory value of the post-Soviet frame, the authors propose the concept of borderlands in order to bring together a group of countries located at the point where different cultural, religious, ethnic and civilisational trends and systems intersect. The authors argue that for borderland countries nation-building encompasses meaning-making strategies aimed at self-identification, consolidation and integration, along with strategies of adjusting to practical tools and mechanisms of governance generated and shared by Europe. Performative cultural and sports events, such as the 2012 UEFA European Championship in Lviv, the Song and Dance Festival in Tallinn in 2014 and the 2015 Youth Olympic Games in Tbilisi, are at the centre of each of these case studies.