Open AccessArmenia: Nation-Building, Imperial Practices and Ethnic Nationalism as Means of Survival
Author(s) -
M V Kosmachev
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov. seriâ politologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-1446
pISSN - 2313-1438
DOI - 10.22363/2313-1438-2015-3-86-97
Subject(s) - nationalism , politics , state (computer science) , state building , context (archaeology) , political science , face (sociological concept) , ethnic group , phenomenon , political economy , space (punctuation) , nation building , economy , sociology , history , law , social science , economics , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science
The article is devoted to the phenomenon of hybrid political space of post-Soviet Armenia, combining institutions of the nation state and the imperial practices. In the article, the author analyzes the experience of building a modern state in Armenia on the basis of security concerns and as an actor in international politics. In this context the hybrid political space, allow to face foreign and domestic challenges. However, such a hybrid system leads to the erosion of state and the expansion of traditional (pre-modern) practices.