Bridging Divides

Ethno-Political Leadership among the Russian Sámi

von Mikkel Berg-Nordlie, Indra Overland

162 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Sámi are a Northern indigenous people whose land, Sápmi, covers territory in Finland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden. For the Nordic Sámi, the last decades of the twentieth century saw their indigenous rights partially recognized, a cultural and linguistic revival, and the establishment of Sámi parliaments. The Russian Sámi, however, did not have the same opportunities and were isolated behind the closed border until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This book examines the following two decades and the Russian Sámi's attempt to achieve a linguistic revival, to mend the Cold War scars, and to establish their own independent ethno-political organizations.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Soziologie Bevölkerung und Demographie
• ISBN: 9781782389194
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2015
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books