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Under Siege: Inter-ethnic Relations in Abkhazia
Tom Et Al Trier
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Description for Under Siege: Inter-ethnic Relations in Abkhazia
Hardback. Examines ethno-politics in Abkhazia, a region in the north eastern corner of the Black Sea. This book clarifies Abkhazia's ethno-political dynamics, which have played a major role in the country's state building efforts and have shaped the conditions under which many ethnic communities live. Editor(s): Trier, Tom; Lohm, Hedvig; Szakonyi, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFSL; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
"Under Siege" is the first book in any language to document and analyze the ethno-political dynamics of Abkhazia - a region located in the north eastern corner of the Black Sea - which broke away from the post-Soviet Republic of Georgia following a bloody civil war. For fifteen years the region was a de facto independent, though internationally unrecognized, state, until August of 2008, when the short war over South Ossetia (another breakaway territory) ended in Russia's official declaration that Abkhazia and South Ossetia were sovereign. Though few are familiar with the political and economic mechanics of this small, post-Soviet ... Read more
"Under Siege" is the first book in any language to document and analyze the ethno-political dynamics of Abkhazia - a region located in the north eastern corner of the Black Sea - which broke away from the post-Soviet Republic of Georgia following a bloody civil war. For fifteen years the region was a de facto independent, though internationally unrecognized, state, until August of 2008, when the short war over South Ossetia (another breakaway territory) ended in Russia's official declaration that Abkhazia and South Ossetia were sovereign. Though few are familiar with the political and economic mechanics of this small, post-Soviet ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849040204
SKU
V9781849040204
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99-24
About Tom Et Al Trier
Tom Trier is Senior Research Associate for the European Centre for Minority Issues and the Centre's regional director in the Caucasus since 2005. He lives in Tbilisi, Georgia. Hedvig Lohm is a political scientist and journalist who formerly worked for UNDP in Georgia and the Swedish Foreign Ministry. David Szakonyi is a Research Associate at the National Endowment for Democracy ... Read more
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