01411pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002000040245005400060260000900114300001300123362000800136520085700144650003501001650002801036773003401064909001001098999001701108952010401125180718b2001 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d aLatin, David D. aSecessionist rebellion in the former Soviet Union c2001 ap.839-61 aOct aThe level of ethnic violence increased in Eurasia after the Soviet collapse. Two theories are tested to account for this increase. Horowitz's theory emphasizes psychological mechanisms affecting self-esteem. An alternative theory by Fearon and Van Houten, based on Brubaker's "triadic configuration", and relying on a commitment logic, emphasizes the level of an external homeland's support for a minority population in a nationalizing state. Tests of these theories are performed on new data collected by the author from six post- Soviet republics (Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and Azerbaijan), only two of which experienced secessionist rebellion. The data do not support the predictions that wouldfollow from Horowitz's theory. The commitment theory, however, is consistent with the data and the historical record. - Reproduced. aPolitics and government - USSR aPolitics and government aComparative Political Studies a51295 c51295d51295 00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 34, Issue no: 8pAR51723r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR