Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan: The Transformative Power of Informal Networks

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Contents Note on Transliteration vii Part I 1. ‘‘What the Hell Kind of ‘Non-Native’ Am I’’? 3 2. Informal Networks, Exit, and Voice 17 3. Soviet Socialist Legacies and Post-Soviet Nationalization 27 4. Opportunity Structures and the Role of Informal Networks in Their Reconfiguration 51 Part II 5. Native Versus Non-Native: Russian Perceptions of Post-Soviet Nationalization 91 6. Russian Responses to Perceptions of Socioeconomic Prospects 107 7. Ethnic Systems in Transition 154 Appendix: Methods 179 Notes 189 Bibliography 221 Index 237 Acknowledgments 247 ...