In the shadow of Russia [electronic resource] : reform in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan / Pamela Blackmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackmon, Pamela.

Series:

Eurasian political economy and public policy studies series.

Eurasian political economy and public policy studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kazakhstan--Economic policy--1991-.

Kazakhstan.

Uzbekistan--Economic policy--1991-.

Uzbekistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the fifteen new independent republics have embarked on unprecedented transitions from command economies into market-oriented economies. Important motivating factors for their reform efforts included issues of geographic and economic proximity to Europe and the influence of the pre-Soviet era histories in those countries. In the Shadow of Russia builds upon the conceptual frameworks that include geography and policy choices about economic integration in an analysis of the reform efforts of Kazakhstan and U

Contents:

Breaking apart from Russia : a special challenge for Kazakhstan

Agreeing to manage economic policies in Uzbekistan

Economics determines politics for Nazarbayev

Connecting specific reform policies to investment and business.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60917-201-9

OCLC:

763039408