Georgian-South Ossetian conflict

[Harold F. Schiffman]

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                        "The Georgian - South Ossetian Conflict"

A Dissertation by Nikola Cvetkovski - supervisor Susanne Thorbek, Aalborg
University

                 Table of Contents
                 1 Methodological Considerations and Formulation of the
			Problem
                 1.1 The Problems of the Thesis
                 1.2 Methodological Considerations
                 1.3 Method of Gathering Empirical Material

                 2 Nationalism and Ethnicity - A Theoretical Overview
                 2.1 The Genealogy of Nationalism
                 2.2 Nationalism as a Political Doctrine
                 2.3 Nationalism as a Modern Phenomenon
                 2.4 Nationalism as a Cultural Phenomenon
                 2.5 Nationalism as a Primordial Phenomenon
                 2.6 Ethnicity
                 2.7 Summing Up and Conclusions

                 3 The Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict
                 3.1 The Scene of Conflict
                 3.2 The Nature of Conflict
                 3.3 The Asymmetry of Conflict
                 3.4 A Life and Logic of its Own
                 3.5 The Security Dilemma
                 3.6 Ethnic Conflicts and Intra-State Conflicts
                 3.7 Summing Up and Conclusions

                 4 The Georgian-South Ossetian Conflict
                 4.1 Basic Facts
                 4.2 History
                 4.3 The Conflict
                 4.4 Combatants and the Nature of Warfare
                 4.5 The Present Situation

                 5 The Soviet Setting
                 5.1 Marxist-Leninist Theory on the Nationalities Question
                 5.2 The Soviet System of National self-determination
                 5.3 The Soviet Federal System
                 5.4 The Policy of Korenizatsiia

                 6 Discussion and Analysis

                 7 Conclusion

                 8 List of Literature

Appendix 1: Chronicle of Events of the Conflict, 1989-1992

When it was pronounced: "Let's go and destroy the bad people"  - the worst
man began to sharpen his dagger (Caucasian proverb)

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