Borders and Brethren: Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity

Neuausgabe 2002
ISBN: 978-0-262-19477-8
Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Belfer Center Studies in International Security

The Azerbaijani people have been divided between Iran and the former Soviet republic
of Azerbaijan for more than 150 years, yet they have retained their ethnic identity. The collapse of
the Soviet Union and the emergence of an independent Azerbaijan have only served to reinforce their
collective identity.In Borders and Brethren, Brenda Shaffer examines trends in Azerbaijani
collective identity from the period of the Islamic Revolution in Iran through the Soviet breakup and
the beginnings of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1979-2000). Challenging the mainstream view in
contemporary Iranian studies, Shaffer argues that a distinctive Azerbaijani identity exists in Iran
and that Azerbaijani ethnicity must be a part of studies of Iranian society and assessments of
regime stability in Iran. She analyzes how Azerbaijanis have maintained their identity and how that
identity has assumed different forms in the former Soviet Union and Iran. In addition to
contributing to the study of ethnic identity, the book reveals the dilemmas of ethnic politics in
Iran.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shaffer, Brenda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Über Autor(innen)

Shaffer, Brenda
Brenda Shaffer is Research Director of the Caspian Studies Program at Harvard
University. She is the author of <I>Borders and Brethren: Iran and the
Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity</I> (MIT Press, 2002).

Brenda Shaffer is Research Director of the Caspian Studies Program at Harvard University. She is the author of Borders and Brethren: Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity (MIT Press, 2002).