Table of contents - 6 On the spelling, words and map in this book - 8 Introduction - 12 1. Gábor Bálint de Szentkatolna (1844-1913) and the Study of Kabardian - 28 2. The Ethnic-Political Arrangement of the Peoples of the Caucasus - 48 3. An Island of Classical Arabic in the Caucasus: Dagestan - 64 4. Chechnya and Russia, between Revolt and Loyalty - 92 5. Recent Political History of the South Caucasus in the Context of Transition - 112 6. Authoritarianism and Party Politics in the South Caucasus - 136 7. Between State and Nation Building: The Debate about ‘Ethnicity’ in Georgian Citizens’ ID Cards - 158 8. The War in South Ossetia, August 2008: Four Perspectives - 182 9. The Recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia: A New Era in International Law - 196 10. Freedom of Speech in the Caucasus: Watch-dog Needed in Armenia and Azerbaijan - 212 11. Beyond Frontiers: Engagement and Artistic Freedom in South Caucasus Modern Culture (Armenia and Azerbaijan) - 234 List of Contributors - 254
Laszlo Maracz is lecturer East European Studies at the Department of European Studies of the University of Amsterdam|Dr Francoise Companjen is senior lecturer at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and manager of Caucasus Interconnect.|Dr. Lia Versteegh is lecturer in European Law at the Department of European Studies of the University of Amsterdam.
"Exploring the Caucasus in the 21st Century is a unique contribution to the study of a complex region. Its authors bring together investigations of both the North and South Caucasus in an effort to explain discrete aspects of the history, linguistic complexity, current politics, and self-representations of the myriad peoples who live between Russia and the Middle East. Here you can find new material on the role of Arabic in Daghestan, conflicts in Georgia over ethnic identification, and the fallout from the Russo-Georgian War over South Ossetia. There is something here for scholars of Caucasia as well as interested general readers. This is a good place to start." Ronald Grigor Suny, Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Social and Political History and Director of Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies at The University of Michigan. Emeritus Professor of Political Science and History at The University of Chicago
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