Regime Transition in Central Asia: Stateness, Nationalism and Political Change in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

ISBN-13: 9781138578678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 246 str.

Dagiev, Dagikhudo (Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK)

Opis

Presenting a study of regime transition, political transformation, and the challenges that faced the post-Communist republics of Central Asia on independence, this book focuses on the process of transition in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and the obstacles that these newly-independent states are facing in the post-Communist period.

Spis treści

1. An Introduction to Political Transition in post-Soviet Central Asia 2. National Territorial Delimitation in Soviet Central Asia 3. Nationalism in Soviet and Post-Soviet Central Asia 4. Patrimonial Nationalism: A Transitional Phenomenon 5. Tajik Nationalism and the Civil War 6. ‘Patrimonial Nationalism’ in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan 7. The Use of Symbols and Islam in Identity Forging 8. The Multi-Party System and Purge of Political Opponents 9. Conclusion

O autorze

Dagikhudo Dagiev is a Research Associate in the Department of Academic Research and Publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK. His research areas include contemporary societies in post-Communist Central Asia, their history and religion, the re-emergence of Islam as a faith, the appearance of Islamist ideologies, and nationalism.