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Understanding Central Asia : politics and contested transformations / Sally N. Cummings.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cummings, Sally N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politics and government.
- Asia, Central--Politics and government--Textbooks.
- Asia, Central.
- Central Asia.
- Genre:
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Summary:
- Since Soviet collapse, the independent republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have faced tremendous political, economic and security challenges. Focusing on these five republics, this textbook analyzes the contending understandings of the politics of the past, present and future transformations of Central Asia, including its role in the international security context. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The region of Central Asia: what's in a name?
- Empires, Soviet rule and sovereignty
- Authoritarian alternatives
- Islam, nation and multiple identities in Central Asia
- Economics and political transformations
- Securing Central Asia
- Conclusion: state of the state in Central Asia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [240]-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415297028
- 0415297028
- 9780415297035
- 0415297036
- 9780203403143
- 0203403142
- OCLC:
- 752472738
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