The Struggle Over the Form of the Political System of the Karachay-Circassian Republic Among the Ruling Elites

• Authors: Przemysław J. Sieradzan , Tadeusz Bodio

Abstracts

EN

Karachay-Circassia, is very small both in the territorial and demographic aspect and is widely considered as one of the most politically unstable state-subjects of the Russian Federation. This instability is implied by a combination of many factors occurring against a relatively stable historical and cultural background. This background consists of: multiethnicity, colonization and sovietization, deportations, migrations, ethnic segmentation of the society, ethno-clanishness, ethnic and territorial conflicts and the geopolitical situation. The latter has often decomposed the natural development of nation-creating and state-creating processes. Moreover, it has also been the main cause of numerous tragedies of the local populace which sometimes has put its very biological existence under threat.

Keywords

EN

political system; political theory

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 41
• Pages: 116-143

Dates

published

2012

Contributors

author

Przemysław J. Sieradzan

• University of Gdańsk (Poland)

author

Tadeusz Bodio

• University of Warszawa (Poland)

Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ppsy2012006

Biblioteka Nauki

2023471