Foundations of Ethnic Politics: Separatism of States and Nations in Eurasia and the World Book

Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration;

1. Introduction;

Part I. Theory with Worldwide Examples:
2. The need for a microfoundational theory of ethnicity;
3. A relational theory: ethnicity is about uncertainty, whereas ethnic politics is about interests;
4. A theory of national separatism in domestic and interstate politics;

Part II. Case Comparisons: Separatism in Eurasia:
5. Ethnicity: identity and separatism in the USSR 1917-1991;
6. Central state policies and separatism;
7. Framing: manipulating mass opinion in Ukraine and Uzbekistan;
8. Institutionally mediated interests: the political economy of secessionism;
9. Ethnicity and international integration: the CIS 1991-2007;
10. Quantitative evidence: micro-, macro- and multilevel;

Part III. Conclusion:
11. Toward a general theory of ethnic conflict and solutions; Index.