The Neighborhood Effect - 9781503632059

The Neighborhood EffectThe Imperial Roots of Regional Fracture in Eurasia\nAuthor(s): Anna Ohanyan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503632059, 978-1503632059\nSynopsis\nWhy are certain regions of the world mired in conflict? And how did some regions in Eurasia emerge from the Cold War as peaceful and resilient? Why do conflicts ignite in Bosnia, Donbas, and Damascusonce on the peripheries of mighty empiresyet other postimperial peripheries like the Baltics or Central Europe enjoy quiet stability?\n\n Anna Ohanyan argues for the salience of the neighborhood effect: the complex regional connectivity among ethnic-religious communities that can form resilient regions. In an account of Eurasian regional formation that stretches back long before the nation-state, Ohanyan refutes the notion that stable regions are the luxury of prosperous, stable, democratic states. She examines case studies from regions.