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Ethnic Tatars in contention for recognition and autonomy: bilingualism and pluri-cultural education policies in Tatarstan

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dc.contributor.author Nizamova L.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-09-19T21:51:40Z
dc.date.available 2018-09-19T21:51:40Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.issn 0090-5992
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/144423
dc.description.abstract © 2016 Association for the Study of Nationalities. This article explores the development of language and education policies in the Republic of Tatarstan, a constituent of the Russian Federation, in the context of continued decline in minorities’ political nationalism between 2000 and the 2010s. The new “model of Tatarstan” relies on a close partnership with Moscow reaffirmed by an exclusive treaty on the division of powers. However, this formality does not eliminate Tatars’ cultural contention for recognition and autonomy. The case of Tatarstan speaks to both the potential and the constraints of autonomous territories that are incapable of satisfying the needs of co-nationals living beyond their administrative borders. Language policies and education practices have become a relatively autonomous area for claim-making in defense of Tatar culture as well as bilingualism and multicultural education in the region. This study reveals the interrelationship between the two components, Tatar ethno-culturalism and “pluri-culturalism,” and the encouragement of the region's diversity in the public domain of Tatarstan. Valuable in itself, the latter in a wider context appears to be a necessary condition for protecting minority groups in multinational Russia. Thus while promoting the interests of the “titular” nationality – ethnic Tatars – Tatarstan also serves the advancement of multicultural values in present-day Russia.
dc.relation.ispartofseries Nationalities Papers
dc.subject multicultural education
dc.subject national minorities
dc.subject Russian Federation
dc.subject Tatar language
dc.subject Tatarstan republic
dc.title Ethnic Tatars in contention for recognition and autonomy: bilingualism and pluri-cultural education policies in Tatarstan
dc.type Article
dc.relation.ispartofseries-issue 1
dc.relation.ispartofseries-volume 44
dc.collection Публикации сотрудников КФУ
dc.relation.startpage 71
dc.source.id SCOPUS00905992-2016-44-1-SID84958033603


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