Regional Ideologies in the Context of International Relations

Author(s): Arbakhan Magomedov
Series: Project Regionalization of Russian Foreign and Security Policy
Issue: 12
Publisher(s): Forschungsstelle für Sicherheitspolitik und Konfliktanalyse, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2001

This paper offers a cultural outlook on Russian regionalism. The author examines the underlying ideological dimensions of regional processes in contemporary Russia. The focus is on regional political elites as the most important force shaping regional policy and identity. The author examines how political actors at the subnational level try to mobilize social support for their policy by calling on common social values and beliefs, thereby actively furthering the development of a regional identity. This paper addresses such questions as what is to be understood by the concept of regional ideologies and how these concepts vary across the different regions of the Russian Federation. The paper will further examine the role and function of ideologies in the context of Russia's regional transformation processes, and the importance of external factors for the shaping of regional ideologies.

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