National Integration And Violent Conflict In Post-Soviet Soc

Description:
Why has social peace been preserved in some new, nationalizing countries in Eastern Europe and broken down in others? While civil peace has reigned in Estonia, Moldova experienced a bloody civil war in 1992, claiming more than a thousand casualties. These two states in question share a number of common characteristics, but there is one important difference. Employing both on the ground empirical studies and a strong theoretical framework, National Integration and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Societies contributes to a better understanding of national integration process in Estonia and Moldova and of national integration and communal violence in general.

Table of Contents:
Introduction - Pal Kolstoo; Integration, Alienation, and Conflict in Estonia and Moldova at the Social Level: A Comparison - Pal Kolstoo and Hans Olav Melberg; Cultural and Social Make-up of Estonia - Raivo Vetik; Estonia: Nation-Building and Integration--Political and Legal Aspects - Aleksei Semjonov; The Cultural and Social Make-up of Moldova: A Bi-Polar or Dispersed Society? - Alla Skvortsova; Social Multipolarity and Politcal Violence - Igor Munteanu; Russia and the OSCE--The Influence of Interested Third and Disinterested Fourth Parties on the Conflicts in Estonia and Moldova - Claus Neukirch; Conclusions - Pal Kolstoo.

Author Biography:
Pal Kolstoo is professor of Russian and East European area studies, University of Oslo.