Fragmented Belonging on Russia's Forested Western Frontier

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2752
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Type:	Journal Article
Author:	Lankina, Tomila
Journal:	Conservation & Society
Volume:	6
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Date:	2008
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2752
Sector:	Social Organization
Region:	Europe Former Soviet Union
Subject(s):	democratization foreign aid globalization natural resources
Abstract:	"Karelia is a forestry-rich region on Russias northwestern frontier. This article shows how institutional arrangements for local government were a product of contending efforts of western donors and other transnational actors, the federal and regional governments, and the municipalities. Russias re-centralising reforms and broader authoritarian context notwithstanding, Karelia illustrates how the choice of local institutions, and ideas about representation and citizenship are increasingly shaped by actors beyond the central state. Borrowing insights from J.S. Migdal and J.C. Ribot, this article argues that the result is shifting cognitive boundaries and fragmented belonging in a dynamic process of contestation and recontestationof citizenship."

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