The Middle Range Theory of Ethnic Political Mobilization: Case-studies of Mobilization by Non-titular Nations in Former Soviet Republics

• Project/Area Number: 25760001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Keiji 北海道大学, スラブ・ユーラシア研究センター, 共同研究員 (20609599)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 民族問題 / 民族紛争 / 資源動員論 / 非承認国家問題 / モルドヴァ / グルジア / 旧ソ連 / 国際関係論 / 社会学 / クリミア問題 / ウクライナ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study conducts survey of separatism movements by non-titular ethnic groups of former Soviet republics, which was one of origins of the issue of “unrecognized states” in the space of former USSR, and tries to define a structural formula of the theory of resource mobilization in order to analyze the reasons why specific ethnic groups promoted ethnic political mass activities. During my research term field researches were conducted in Russia, Moldova and Ukraine and research results were published in two reviewed English journals as printing ones as well as international conferences as oral ones (one of them was held at the Davis Center of Harvard University).

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Интернационализация католической церкви в Японии: Вопросы касающиеся проблемы уменьшения числа японских последователей и увеличения последователей неяпонского происхождения (2015)
  • Author(s): САТО, Кейдзи
  • Journal Title: Материалы V Региональной Научно-практической конференцйй Volume: なし
• [Journal Article] "Ethnic Political Mobilization: An Integrative or Disintegrative Force in the Modern Polity?" (2014)
  • Author(s): Keiji Sato
  • Journal Title: Plural Volume: Vol.2, no.1-2 Pages: 64-80
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] "Acknowledgement of the Secret Protocol of the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact and the Declaration of State Sovereignty by the Union Republics of the USSR" (2014)
  • Author(s): Keiji Sato
  • Journal Title: Europe-Asia Studies Volume: Vol. 66, Issue. 7 Pages: 1146-1164
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] "Europeanisation at the ‘Grassroots’ Level in Moldova: What Are Effective Ways to Deal with the Transnistrian Conflict?" (2014)
  • Author(s): Keiji Sato
  • Journal Title: Image of the Region in Eurasian Studies Volume: なし Pages: 155-168
• [Journal Article] “Europeanization at the ‘grassroots’ level in Moldova: What are effective ways to deal with the Transnistrian conflict?” (2014)
  • Author(s): Keiji Sato
  • Journal Title: The Image of the Region in Eurasian Studies Volume: 1
• [Presentation] "Political Mobilization: An Integrative or Disintegrative Force in the Modern Polity?: Comparative Case-studies of Ukraine, Moldova and Estonia" (2014)
  • Author(s): Keiji Sato
  • Organizer: BRIT XIV
  • Place of Presentation: アラス大学（フランス）
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-04
• [Presentation] "Establishment of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Soviet Ukraine in 1991: Motives and Process" (2014)
  • Author(s): Keiji Sato
  • Organizer: ディヴィスセンター（ハーヴァード大学）招待講演
  • Place of Presentation: ハーヴァード大学（米国）
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-14
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 「ソ連邦末期におけるクリミア・ソヴィエト社会主義自治共和国の『再建』：積極的建国か，消極的建国か？」
  • Author(s): 佐藤圭史
  • Organizer: ウクライナ研究会第30回研究報告会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田奉仕園（東京）