Published in Russian, translated from: “Affirmative Action Empire” by Terry Martin, from “A State of Nations,” ed. by Ronald Suny and Terry Martin, copyright – 2001 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Used by permission of Oxford University Press, Inc.
I would like to thank Ernst B. Haas and Ken Jowitt for reviewing drafts of this article and offering their invaluable insights and helpful suggestions. I also thank the anonymous reviewers for their comments. It goes without saying that any mistakes, oversights, inaccuracies or general faults contained herein are attributed to the author alone.