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Civil society in Central Asia / editors, M. Holt Ruffin, Daniel C. Waugh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruffin, M. Holt, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil society--Asia, Central.
- Civil society.
- Asia, Central--Politics and government--1991-.
- Asia, Central.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 331 pages) : 2 maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Central Asia, known as the home of Tamerlane and the Silk Road, is a crossroads of great cultures and civilizations. In 1991 five nations at the heart of the region-Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan- suddenly became independent. Today they sit strategically between Russia, China, and Iran and hold some of the world’s largest deposits of oil and natural gas. Long-suppressed ethnic identities are finding new expression in language, religion, and occasional civil conflicts.Civil Society in Central Asia is a pathbreaking collection of essays by scholars and activists that illuminates the social and institutional forces shaping this important region’s future. An appendix provides a guide to projects being carried out by local and international groups.
- Contents:
- Contents ; Preface ; Maps of Central Asia ; Introduction / M. Holt Ruffin ; Civil Society in Central Asia / S. Frederick Starr ; The Legal Regulation of NGOs: Central Asia at a Crossroads / Scott Horton and Alla Kazakina ; Freedom of Association and the Question of Its Realization in Kazakhstan / Evgeny A. Zhovtis ; Government and Nonprofit Sector Relations in then Kyrgyz Republic / Erkinbek Kasybekov ; Environmental NGOs and the Development of Civil Society in Central Asia / Kate Watters ; Kolkhoz and Civil Society in the Independent States of Central Asia / Olivier Roy
- Prospects for Development of an Independent Media in Kazakhstan / Oleg Katsiev Can Uzbekistan Build Democracy and Civil Society? / Abdumannob Polat ; Civil Society and Identity in Uzbekistan: The Emergent Role of Islam / Reuel Hanks ; Islam and Tajikistan's Human and Ecological Crisis / Aziz Niyazi ; Women's NGOs in Central Asia's Evolving Societies / Ula Ikramova and Kathryn McConnell ; The Real Work: Sustaining NGO Growth in Central Asia / Jay Cooper ; Organizations ; Kazakhstan ; Kyrgyzstan ; Tajikistan ; Turkmenistan ; Uzbekistan ; Online Resources ; E-mail Lists ; Web sites; Internet Access Centers in Central Asia; Appendices ; About the Authors ; Glossary
- Notes:
- Includes papers from a conference organized by the Center for Civil Society International and the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 0-295-80053-4
- OCLC:
- 932315122
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