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Från Kaukasus till Kamtjatka: En undersökning av Ryska Federationen som modernt imperium

Ridström, Malin LU (2021) STVK02 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The following study uses ideal types in order to examine the possibility to either strengthen or weaken the idea of the Westphalian state system, by studying to what extent the Russian Federation can be considered a modern-day empire. The study seeks to categorise the Russian Federation as an empire by creating a new ideal type for what constitutes an empire. This ideal type is constructed by drawing inspiration from Michael Doyle’s (1986) imperial typology and Benedict Anderson’s (1983) definition of national identity in the form of ”imagined communities”. The ideal type consists of four parameters that are necessary for the creation of an empire: the metropole’s structure, the periphery’s structure, the international system’s structure,... (More)
The following study uses ideal types in order to examine the possibility to either strengthen or weaken the idea of the Westphalian state system, by studying to what extent the Russian Federation can be considered a modern-day empire. The study seeks to categorise the Russian Federation as an empire by creating a new ideal type for what constitutes an empire. This ideal type is constructed by drawing inspiration from Michael Doyle’s (1986) imperial typology and Benedict Anderson’s (1983) definition of national identity in the form of ”imagined communities”. The ideal type consists of four parameters that are necessary for the creation of an empire: the metropole’s structure, the periphery’s structure, the international system’s structure, as well as the absence of transnational spread of national identity.

The result shows that the Russian Federation does fit into the imperial ideal type constructed in this essay and therefore weakens the idea of the Westphalian state system. However, since this study works as a pilot case study, further research is necessary in order to fully determine the usability of the typology. (Less)
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author
Ridström, Malin LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Case study, Benedict Anderson, Michael Doyle, Imagined Communities, Imperialism, Empire, Russian Federation, Russia, Vladimir Putin
language
Swedish
id
9044567
date added to LUP
2021-07-06 12:07:41
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2021-07-06 12:07:41
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  abstract     = {{The following study uses ideal types in order to examine the possibility to either strengthen or weaken the idea of the Westphalian state system, by studying to what extent the Russian Federation can be considered a modern-day empire. The study seeks to categorise the Russian Federation as an empire by creating a new ideal type for what constitutes an empire. This ideal type is constructed by drawing inspiration from Michael Doyle’s (1986) imperial typology and Benedict Anderson’s (1983) definition of national identity in the form of ”imagined communities”. The ideal type consists of four parameters that are necessary for the creation of an empire: the metropole’s structure, the periphery’s structure, the international system’s structure, as well as the absence of transnational spread of national identity. 

The result shows that the Russian Federation does fit into the imperial ideal type constructed in this essay and therefore weakens the idea of the Westphalian state system. However, since this study works as a pilot case study, further research is necessary in order to fully determine the usability of the typology.}},
  author       = {{Ridström, Malin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Från Kaukasus till Kamtjatka: En undersökning av Ryska Federationen som modernt imperium}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}