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Constructing Citizenship in Post-Soviet Contested States: Evidence from Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria

Constructing Citizenship in Post-Soviet Contested States: Evidence from Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria

Ganohariti, Ramesh

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Statehood

Central Asian HistoryGeneral Political Science

PREORDER - Expected ship date September 18, 2026

ISBN10: 1041260342
ISBN13: 9781041260349
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 18 2026
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book explains how the phenomenon of citizenship has been constructed in three contested states in the former Soviet space.

Citizenship is a source of (legal) identity that provides access to resources, rights, and recognition. However, the disputed nature of contested states leads to their citizens being subject to multiple (conflicting) citizenship regimes. Drawing on legal analysis, interviews, and survey data, this book sheds light on the complex relationship between contested statehood, sovereignty, state recognition, citizenship regimes, and the politics of belonging. Using the lenses of multiplicity and human/state security, the book explores and explains how the phenomenon of citizenship has been constructed in three post-Soviet contested states: Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria. The book finds that the contested nature of these states requires their citizens to navigate between the citizenship regimes of the contested, claimant, patron, and third states. Experiences of citizenship change depending on physical location, determinations by different states as to what legal status(es) an individual holds, and legislative and political changes. Meanwhile, at the state level, citizenship is used as a state- and nation-building tool to enhance ethnodemographic security by excluding undesired groups and including desired ones. Lastly, the book emphasises the normalisation discourse among (citizens of) contested states regarding their citizenship and security. This discourse evidences a broader pattern among contested states, highlighting that their state- and nation-building projects are not markedly different from those of recognised states.

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