What explains the dynamics of contentious collective political action in post-Soviet Central
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The Republic of Kazakhstan is currently going through a phase of national and cultural
renaissance. This began in the 90s when political and spiritual independence had been …

Under which circumstances local governments' responsiveness to its residents' preferences
overtakes the central government's accountability for public preferences at the national level …

To what extent does Islam help explain the dynamics of a participatory civil society in the
post-Soviet Muslim-majority Central Asia? More specifically, to what extent does the …

First Nationalism Then Identity focuses on the case of Bosnian Muslims, a rare historic
instance of a new nation emerging. Although for Bosnian Muslims the process of national …

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Under which circumstances local governments' responsiveness to its residents' preferences
overtakes the central government's accountability for public preferences at the national level …

This dissertation compares ethnically-based identity politics in two constitutionally-defined
multi-ethnic states, China and Russia, by focusing upon one type of prescriptive institution …