CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Zhunussova, Zhuldyz |
|---|---|
| Title | Education Systems in Unrecognized States: Challenges to Nation-Building in Abkhazia and Beyond |
| Summary | There is a growing literature claiming that the education system is a tool that states instrumentalize for their partisan purposes. However, it is less sure whether it is the case for unrecognized or so-called de facto states, whose statehood is in dispute. The thesis argues that unrecognized states do not differ from the so-called established states in their understanding of the education system. They use it in the same way as any other country does: to strengthen national identity and allegiance to the state, in other words forge what the government understands to be a good and obedient citizenry. However, having their statehood contested, the unrecognized states have to overcome unique challenges. Mainly drawing on the case of Abkhazia with some comparative elements of other de facto states: Northern Cyprus and Iraqi Kurdistan, the research shows that these challenges range from struggling to mediate total dependence on the patron state with a desire to form a separate national identity, to pandering to the international community, meanwhile strengthening exclusionary nationalism. |
| Supervisor | Cerny, Hannes |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/zhunussova_zhuldyz.pdf |
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