| | |  | Identity & Access Management | Home » » National Identity and Globalization: Youth, State, and Society in Post-Soviet Eurasia | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Is globalization in danger of diluting national identities and 'transnationalizing' cultures? How can societies attempt to manage globalization and become developed while maintaining a viable national identity? In this 2007 study of three globalizing states and cities in post-Soviet Eurasia - Russia (Astrakhan), Kazakhstan (Almaty), and Azerbaijan (Baku) - Douglas W. Blum provides an empirical examination of national identity formation, exploring how cultures, particularly youth cultures, have been affected by global forces. Blum argues that social discourse regarding youth cultural trends - coupled with official and non-official approaches to youth policy - complement patterns of state-society relations and modes of response to globalization. His findings show that the nations studied have embraced certain aspects of modernity and liberalism, while rejecting others, but have also reasserted the place of national traditions. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Douglas W. Blum | | Hardcover:
| 234 pages | | Publisher:
| Cambridge University Press | | Publication Date:
| November 05, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0521876192 | | Package Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
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post-Soviet theorizingNov 16, 2009
By Almelle
Blum argues that states, communities, and individuals (especially youth) are reconstructing their national identities in response to globalization and the spread of Western pop culture and Western ideas of individuality and neo-liberal economics.
He compares Kazakhstan, Russian, and Azerbaijan -- all post-Soviet states -- in order to see how being post-Soviet and being a new state affect national identity. Blum suggests that in trying to limit the destructive aspects of Western individualism, these agents end up reinforcing that same individualism, but with a nationalistic twist. These states and people end up developing hybrid national identities through processes of absorption, rejection, and assertion. Blum suggests that this strategic hybridization is a deliberate invented tradition (cf. The Invention of Tradition (Canto)) that serves the goals of all these actors in the global world.
It gets a bit repetitive at times, but is worth a look if you're interested in how youth develop and respond to post-Soviet national identities.
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