Routledge handbook of contemporary Central Asia / edited by Rico Isaacs and Erica Marat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Isaacs, Rico, editor.

Marat, Erica, editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia, Central.

Central Asia.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 478 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Rico Isaacs is Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Lincoln, UK, and the editor of Central Asian Survey. His recent books include, among others, Party System Formation in Kazakhstan (2011), Nation-Building and Identity in the Post-Soviet Space (with A. Polese, 2016) and Politics: An Introduction, 3rd edition (with B. Axford, V. Browne and R. Huggins, 2018), also published by Routledge. Erica Marat is Associate Professor at the College of International Security Affairs at the National Defence University, Washington, D.C. Her research focuses on violence, mobilisation and security institutions in Eurasia, India and Mexico. She is also the author of The Politics of Police Reform: Society against the State in Post-Soviet Countries (2018).

Summary:

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia offers the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary overview of key issues in Central Asian studies. The 30 chapters by leading and emerging scholars summarise major findings in the field and highlight long-term trends, recent observations and future developments in the region. The handbook features case studies of all five Central Asian republics and is organised thematically in seven sections: History Politics Geography International Relations Political Economy Society and Culture Religion An essential cross-disciplinary reference work, the handbook offers an accessible and easyto- understand guide to the core issues permeating the region to enable readers to grasp the fundamental challenges, transformations and themes in contemporary Central Asia. It will be of interest to researchers, academics and students of the region and those working in the field of Area Studies, History, Anthropology, Politics and International Relations.

Contents:

Introducing Central Asian studies

Part I. History. Central Asia before the advent of Russian Dominion

Russian rule in Central Asia

Collectivisation, sedentarisation and famine in Central Asia

Development in post-war Central Asia

Part II. Politics. Varieties of authoritarianism in Central Asia

Informal governance, 'clan' politics and corruption

Nation-building in Central Asia : policy and discourse

Unsettled space : unfinished histories of border delimitation in the Ferghana Valley

Part III. Geography. Boundaries, borders and identities

The history of water politics in Central Asia

Rethinking spectacular cities : beyond authoritarianism and mastermind schemes

Politics of green development : Trees vs. roads

Part IV. International relations. Russia and Central Asia : evolving mutual perceptions and the rise of postcolonial perspectives

China-Central Asia relations : re-learning to live next to the giant

U.S. policy and Central Asia

Domestic sources of foreign policy in Central Asia

Military power and capacity

Globalisation and migration in Central Asia

Part V. Political economy. Economic reform and development in Central Asia

Oil, capital and labour around the Caspian

Corruption

Modernisation and development in Central Asia

Part VI. Society and culture. The nationalisation of traditions

Thinking with gender about Central Asia

Contemporary art in Central Asia

Language policy and language in Central Asia

Part VII. Religion. Islamic renewal in Central Asia

Securitisation of religion in Central Asia

Liberalism and Islam in Central Asia

Tengrism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 17, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Routledge handbook of contemporary Central Asia.

ISBN:

9780429609114

0429609116

9780429057977

0429057970

0429603592

9780429598074

0429598076

9780429603594

OCLC:

1262368284

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Restricted for use by site license.