| ID | 174106 |
| Title Proper | Accepting Alien Rule? State-Building Nationalism in Georgia’s Azeri Borderland |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Berglund, Christofer |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | How did ethnic Azeris in the Marneuli, Bolnisi and Dmanisi districts, located inside Georgia but bordering Azerbaijan, react to the reorganisation of political space along national lines after the Soviet Union’s dissolution? ‘Beached’ in foreign states bent on nationalising their domains, minorities throughout Eurasia sometimes rejected and sometimes accepted their alien rulers. This essay examines reactions to this predicament among Georgia’s Azeris. Drawing on elite interviews and data from a matched-guise experiment, it concludes that locals have come to accept their host state after its state-building nationalism took an inclusive turn and the distinction between aliens and natives faded. |
| `In' analytical Note | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 72, No.2; Mar 2020: p.263-285 |
| Journal Source | Europe-Asia Studies Vol: 72 No 2 |
| Key Words | Alien Rule ; State-Building Nationalism ; Georgia’s Azeri Borderland |