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Living with Non-recognition: State- and Nation-building in South Caucasian Quasi-states

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  • Pål Kolstø
  • Helge Blakkisrud

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The dissolution of the Soviet Union led to the establishment of several non-recognised statelets, three of which—Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh—are located in the South Caucasus. This article sets aside the question of whether these quasi-states ought to be internationally recognised, and focuses on whether they exist as functioning state entities. To what extent are the authorities in these would-be states able to provide the populace with the services expected of contemporary states—like internal and external security, basic infrastructure and welfare? All three insist that they are not only functioning states, but also nation-states that command the allegiance of their population. We thus also discuss their claim to embody real nationhood.

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  • Pål Kolstø & Helge Blakkisrud, 2008. "Living with Non-recognition: State- and Nation-building in South Caucasian Quasi-states," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(3), pages 483-509.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:60:y:2008:i:3:p:483-509
    DOI: 10.1080/09668130801948158
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    1. Meydan, Vildan, 2018. "A Paradox of international (non)recognition: the relationship between de facto states and patron states," MPRA Paper 91050, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Sutherland, Ewan, 2013. "Independence and the regulatory state—Telecommunications in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(11), pages 1046-1059.

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