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
Table of Contents
Preface -- Aims and Aspirations -- Bipolar Societies? -- Nation-Building and Social Integration Theory -- Nation-Building and Ethnic Integration in Latvia -- Political Integration in Kazakstan -- Attitudinal and Linguistic Integration in Kazakstan and Latvia -- Comparisons and Conclusions
