TY - BOOK ID - 86656193 TI - Discordant neighbours PY - 2013 SN - 9789004248922 9004248927 9789004248939 9004248935 PB - Leiden Brill DB - UniCat KW - Ethnic conflict KW - Conflits ethniques KW - Georgia (Republic) KW - Abkhazia (Georgia) KW - South Ossetia (Georgia) KW - Géorgie (République) KW - Abkhazie (République de Géorgie) KW - Ossétie du Sud (République de Géorgie) KW - Relations KW - Ethnic relations. KW - History KW - Politics and government KW - Politics and government. KW - Relations interethniques KW - Histoire KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Conflict, Ethnic KW - Ethnic violence KW - Inter-ethnic conflict KW - Interethnic conflict KW - Ethnic relations KW - Social conflict KW - Samxretʻ osetʻi olkʻi (Georgia) KW - Samkhret' Oset'is Avtonomiuri Olk'i (Georgia) KW - Samxretʻ osetʻis avtonomiuri olkʻi (Georgia) KW - Samkhret' Oset'is AO (Georgia) KW - Samxretʻ osetʻis AO (Georgia) KW - Samxretʻi osetʻia (Georgia) KW - Samkhreti Osetia (Georgia) KW - I︠U︡zhnai︠a︡ Osetii︠a︡ (Georgia) KW - Autonomous Region of South Ossetia (Georgia) KW - South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast (Georgia) KW - Samachablo (Georgia) KW - Republic of South Ossetia (Georgia) KW - Respublika Yuzhnaya Osetiya (Georgia) KW - Respublika I︠U︡zhnai︠a︡ Osetii︠a︡ (Georgia) KW - RI︠U︡O KW - Respublikæ Khussar Iryston (Georgia) KW - I︠U︡go-Osetinskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Georgian S.S.R.) KW - Republic of Georgia KW - Sakʻartʻvelo (Republic) KW - Sakʻartʻvelos Respublika KW - Gruzyah (Republic) KW - Cheorchia (Republic) KW - Xorxa (Republic) KW - Jorjia (Republic) KW - Gürcüstan (Republic) KW - Gruzie (Republic) KW - Gruzínská republika KW - Georgien (Republic) KW - República de Georgia KW - Kartvelio (Republic) KW - Gruzio (Republic) KW - Gruusia (Republic) KW - Georgian tasavalta KW - Lýðveldið Georgia KW - Géorgie (Republic) KW - Geörgje (Republic) KW - An tSeoirsia KW - tSeoirsia (Republic) KW - Xeorxia (Republic) KW - Republik Georgia KW - Gruzija (Republic) KW - Grúzia (Republic) KW - Pow Grousi KW - Gruzijas Republika KW - Gruzja (Republic) KW - Giorgia (Republic) KW - Gruzínsko (Republic) KW - Republika Gruzija KW - Đurđija (Republic) KW - Gürcistan (Republic) KW - Georgän (Republic) KW - Gjeorgjia (Republic) KW - Грузия (Republic) KW - Gruzii︠a︡ (Republic) KW - Грузија (Republic) KW - Грузія (Republic) KW - Hruzii︠a︡ (Republic) KW - Республіка Грузія KW - Respublika Hruzii︠a︡ KW - Γεωργία (Republic) KW - Gu̇rzhīstan (Republic) KW - Georgija (Republic) KW - Georgian S.S.R. KW - Apʻxazetʻis Avtonomiuri Respublika (Georgia) KW - Apʼkhazetʼis Avtonomiuri Respublika (Georgia) KW - Abkhazii︠a︡ (Georgia) KW - Apʻxazetʻi (Georgia) KW - Republic of Abkhazia (Georgia) KW - Abkhaziya (Georgia) KW - Abkhasia (Georgia) KW - Abasia (Georgia) KW - Aphsny (Georgia) KW - Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia (Georgia) KW - Abkhazie (Georgia) KW - Abkhazskai︠a︡ A.S.S.R. (Georgian S.S.R.) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86656193 AB - The 2008 Georgian-Russian war focused the world’s attention on the Caucasus. South Ossetia and Abkhazia had been de facto independent since the early 1990's. However, Russia’s granting of recognition on 26 August 2008 changed regional dynamics. The Caucasus is one of the most ethnically diverse areas on earth, and the conflicts examined here present their own complexities. This book sets the issues in their historical and political contexts and discusses potential future problems. This volume is distinguished from others devoted to the same themes by the extensive use the author (a Georgian specialist) makes of Georgian sources, inaccessible to most commentators. His translated citations thus cast a unique and revealing light on the interethnic relations that have fuelled these conflicts. ER -