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Subject(s)

• Federal government—Soviet Union [Browse]
• Federal government—United States [Browse]
• Nation-state [Browse]
• Imperialism [Browse]
• Secession [Browse]
• Comparative government [Browse]
• Soviet Union—Politics and government [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 16. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 16 [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• The original federation
• Daniel J. Elazar's covenantal interpretation of American federalism
• The roots of the Soviet federation
• The American federation and secession
• Conflicting perspectives on the dissolubility of the American union
• Secession as a constitutional right in the USSR
• A constitutional comparison between the Soviet and emerging western models of multinational federalism
• On the integrative effects of federalism and consociation
• The Soviet Union and nation
• The Soviet state as viewed by nationalists
• Imperial contiguity and Russia's stunted nationhood
• Was the Soviet Union the last empire?.

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ISBN

• 9780415688338 (hbk.)
• 0415688337 (hbk.)
• 9780203115756 (ebk.)
• 0203115759 (ebk.)

LCCN

2011049188

OCLC

727702727

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