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Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

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Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

By: Audrey L. Altstadt

Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan follows a newly independent oil-rich former Soviet republic as it adopts a Western model of democratic government and then turns toward corrupt authoritarianism. Audrey L. Altstadt begins with the Nagorno-Karabagh War (1988–1994) which triggered Azerbaijani nationalism and set the stage for the development of a democratic movement. Initially successful, this government soon succumbed to a coup. Western oil companies arrived and money flowed in—a quantity Altstadt calls "almost unimaginable"—causing the regime to resort to repression to maintain its power. Despite Azerbaijan's long tradition of secularism, political Islam emerged as an attractive alternative for those frustrated with the stifled democratic opposition and the lack of critique of the West's continued political interference. Altstadt's work draws on instances of censorship in the Azerbaijani press, research by embedded experts and nongovernmental and international organizations, and interviews with diplomats and businesspeople. The book is an essential companion to her earlier works, The Azerbaijani Turks: Power and Identity Under Russian Rule and The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920–1940.

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The Azerbaijani Turks

Power and Identity under Russian Rule

By: Audrey L. Altstadt

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Power and Identity under Russian Rule

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The first comprehensive account of Azerbaijan's rich and tumultuous history up to the present time.

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Hoover Press

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0817991832

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The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920-40

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The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920-40

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The early Soviet Union’s nationalities policy involved the formation of many national republics, within which "nation building" and "modernization" were undertaken for the benefit of "backward" peoples. This book, in considering how such policies were implemented in Azerbaijan, argues that the Soviet policies were in fact a form of imperialism, with "nation building" and "modernization" imposed firmly along Soviet lines. The book demonstrates that in Azerbaijan, and more widely among western Turkic peoples, the Volga and Crimean Tatars, there were before the onset of Soviet rule, well developed, forward looking, secular, national movements, which were not at all "backward" and were different from the Soviets. The book shows how in the period 1920 to 1940 the two different visions competed with each other, with eventually the pre-Soviet vision of Azerbaijani culture losing out, and the Soviet version dominating in a new Soviet Azerbaijani culture. The book examines the details of this Sovietization of culture: in language policy and the change of the alphabet, in education, higher education and in literature. The book concludes by exploring how pre-Soviet Azerbaijani culture survived to a degree underground, and how it was partially rehabilitated after the death of Stalin and more fully in the late Soviet period.

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The Azerbaijani Turks

Power and Identity under Russian Rule

By: Audrey L. Altstadt

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Power and Identity under Russian Rule

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The first comprehensive account of Azerbaijan's rich and tumultuous history up to the present time.

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Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

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The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920-40

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Book's by Audrey L. Altstadt

Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani Turks

The Azerbaijani Turks

The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920-40

The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920-40

The Azerbaijani Turks

The Azerbaijani Turks

Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920-40

The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920-40

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