Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty

The Return of Tamerlane?
Herausgeber: Burghart, Daniel L.; Sabonis-Helf, Theresa

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection provides a broad analysis of social, political, economic, and security issues in contemporary Central Asia. In particular, the contributors highlight the differences and similarities among the region's states in how they have consolidated statehood since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Produktdetails

• Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 873g
• ISBN-13: 9781498572682
• ISBN-10: 1498572685
• Artikelnr.: 56749268

Autorenporträt

Edited by Daniel L. Burghart and Theresa Sabonis-Helf - Contributions by Laura Adams; Svetlana Ancker; Daniel L. Burghart; Yuhao Du; Stacie L. Giles; Roger D. Kangas; Elena Kovalova; Marlene Laruelle; Saltanat Liebert; Erica Marat; Mariya Y. Omelicheva; S

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Central Asia in an Era of Sovereignty: The Return of
Tamerlane? Daniel L. Burghart and Theresa Sabonis-Helf
Part I: Social Issues
Chapter 1: The Borderlands Paradox: Framing Central Asia's Current Economic
and Security Challenges, Vivian Walker
Chapter 2: Legal Reform in Central Asia: Moving Past History, Roger D.
Kangas
Chapter 3: Human Rights and Governance in Central Asia, Mariya Y.
Omelicheva
Chapter 4: HIV/AIDS Responses in Central Asia, Svetlana Ancker
Chapter 5: Sorting Central Asia Social Media, Stacie L. Giles
Chapter 6: The Evolution of the IMU and its Communication Strategy: Public
Relations or Survival? Sebastien Peyrouse
Chapter 7: Brain Waste? Integration of Central Asian and Georgian Labor
Migrants in the United States, Saltanat Liebert
Part II: Economics and Security
Chapter 8: One Belt One Road: Realizing the "China Dream" in Central Asia?
Yuhao Du
Chapter 9: Infrastructure and the Political Economies of Central Asia,
Theresa Sabonis-Helf
Chapter 10: Great Game Changers? The Changing Nature of Central Asian
Energy, Daniel L. Burghart
Chapter 11: Multilateral Engagement with Central Asia on Energy Issues,
Richard Wheeler
Chapter 12: Kazakhstan's Bazaar Economy: A Second-Best Institution, Dena
Sholk
Chapter 13: The Fifth Estate: Illicit Networks in Central Asia, Elena
Kovalova
Chapter 14: Problematic Puzzle Pieces: Enclaves and Conflict in the
Ferghana Valley, Timothy Rowe
Chapter 15: The Security Forces, Robert Timm
Part III: Case Studies
Chapter 16: Kazakhstan's Dilemma on Eurasian and Central Asian Integration,
Marlene Laruelle
Chapter 17: Kyrgyzstan's Experiments with Democracy, Erica Marat
Chapter 18: Tajikistan's Roghun Dam: Understanding Rahmon's "Palace of
Light," Theresa Sabonis-Helf
Chapter 19: Foreign Direct Investment in the Oil & Gas Sector of
Turkmenistan, Sophia Srinivasan
Chapter 20: Everyday Governance in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan, Laura Adams,
Måns Svensson, and Rustamjon Urinboyev