Ethnic mobilization in post-Soviet Georgia: the case of the Yezidi-Kurds
Abstract: 'The aim of this article is to examine the failure of the Yezidi-Kurdish minority to attain a high level of ethnic mobilization in order to protect its political and cultural interests after the fall of the USSR and the creation of an independent Georgia in 1991. This inability has intensified the threat of the complete cultural, religious, and linguistic assimilation of the Yezidi-Kurds into the wider Georgian society, instead of allowing the minority to achieve healthy integration into society and the preservation of its ethnic identity. The author argues that the convergence of three sets of factors best explains the present tenuous position of the minority. First, structural changes affected the ability of minority leaders to gather sufficient human and financial resources necessary for mobilization. Secondly, problems in determining a unified identity as well as conflicts between minority elites prevented the consolidation of the ethnic group and limited its organizational cap
- Alternative title
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Ethnische Mobilisierung im postsowjetischen Georgien: der Fall der Yezidi-Kurden
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: JEMIE - Journal on ethnopolitics and minority issues in Europe ; Vol. 6 (2007) 2 ; 19
- Classification
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Politik
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
- (when)
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2007
- Creator
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Szakonyi, David
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-61817
- Rights
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Last update
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25.03.2025, 1:48 PM CET
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Associated
- Szakonyi, David
Time of origin
- 2007
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