The North Caucasus: Histories, Diasporas and Current Challenges
The papers and abstracts in this volume were originally presented at a two-day conference, "Towards a New Generation of Scholarship on the Caucasus," held in Sukhum, Abkhazia, on October 30–31, 2007. The conference was coorganized by the SSRC, Circassianacademia (a scholarly listserv), and the Center for Strategic Studies (Sukhum).
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Contributors
Editorial Development: Dr. Alice Horner
Cover Page: Zeki Yildirim
Map: Ozgur Ozgur
Publisher: Kaf-Dav
Kafkas Arastirma Kultur Dayamsma Vakfi, Ankara-Turkiye
CONTENTS
- Map of Major Ethnic Groups in the Caucasus
- Preface
Seteney Shami and Ergun Ozgur
- Preface
- Opening Remarks
- Seteney Shami
- Oleg Damenia
- Zeynel Abidin Besleney
- Ergun Ozgur
- State, Society and Citizenship
- Abkhazo-Adyghean Languages and Some Recommendations to Secure Their Future
Viacheslav A. Chirikba - NGOs in Abkhazia and Their Contribution to the Democratization of the Country
Ergun Ozgur - Caucasus Jews and Their Neighbors: Social Networks in a Multi-Ethnic Society
Chen Bram - Quality of Life in the Republic of Adygeya
Cemre Erciyes
- Abkhazo-Adyghean Languages and Some Recommendations to Secure Their Future
- Economic Challenges: A Case Study
- Economics of Small States and Globalization: Lessons for the Caucasus
Erol Taymaz - Economic Development of the State of Abkhazia
Beslan Baratelia - Abkhazia and the European Union
Maxim Gunjia
- Economics of Small States and Globalization: Lessons for the Caucasus
- Northern Caucasian Diasporas in Turkey
- An Overview of Circassian Studies Literature
Zeynel Abidin Besleney - Some Consequences of the Re-Encounter with the "Homeland" on the Production of Local Knowledge: A Case Study of Circassians in Turkey
Eiji Miyazawa - Diaspora Nationalism as a Gendered Discourse: The Circassian Diaspora in Turkey
Setenay Nil Dogan - The Circassians in Turkey: An Eastern Mediterranean Socio-Demographic Sampling
Cahit Aslan - National and International Protection of Minorities: The Circassians in Turkey
Sigah Sahin
- An Overview of Circassian Studies Literature
- Research Notes
- Demographic Conditions in Abkhazia: A Summary
Astanda Khashba - Political and Legal Factors in the Economic Transition of Abkhazia
Zaur I. Shalashaa - The Prospects for Abkhazia and the Stability of the Black Sea-Caucasian Region
Leila Tania - Emigration To the Ottoman Empire: An Overview
Berat Yildiz - The Circassian Diaspora in Europe: Preliminary Research
Cansu Denef Oktay
- Demographic Conditions in Abkhazia: A Summary