Citizenship, Territoriality, and Post-Soviet Nationhood, 1st ed. 2019 The Politics of Birthright Citizenship in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova

This book seeks to understand the politics of nationalism in the buffer zone between Russia and the West: Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova, as well as Russia itself. It problematizes the official ways of defining the nation, and thus citizenship, in the light of ?frozen? ethno-territorial conflicts and broader geopolitical discrepancies between Russia and the West. The author analyzes the politics of birthright citizenship policy in these countries and rejects the assumed connection between territorial nation-building and liberal democracy. The project will interest academics and graduate students in the fields of comparative and post-Soviet politics, nationalism, and citizenship, and international relations policy professionals.    

1. Chapter 1 Introduction: Territorial National Identity in Russia’s “Buffer Zone”.- 2. Chapter 2 The Academic Setting.- 3. Chapter 3 The Historical and Institutional Settings.- 4. Chapter 4 Citizenship Policy Highlights.- 5. Chapter 5 Frozen Conflicts and Politics of Territorial Citizenship.- 6. Chapter 6 Historical Collective Identity.- 7. Chapter 7 The “Fifth Column”: Jus Soli and Geopolitics of Dual Citizenship.- 8. Chapter 8 Georgian Azeris: Victims and Beneficiaries of Territorial Nationalism.- 9. Chapter 9 Abkhazia: A View from a De-Facto State.- 10. Chapter 10 Theoretical Analysis.- 11. Chapter 11 Conclusion: Toward Territorial Nationalism?

Maxim Tabachnik is Lecturer at University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.