Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia

ISBN-13: 9780367178406 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 478 str.

Rico Isaacs; Erica Marat

Opis

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia offers the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary overview of key issues in Central Asian Studies.

Spis treści

Introduction: Introducing Central Asian Studies  PART I HISTORY  1. Central Asia before the advent of Russian Dominion  2. Russian rule in Central Asia  3. Collectivisation, Sedentarism and Famine in Central Asia  4. Development in Post-war Central Asia  PART II POLITICS  5. Varieties of Authoritarianism in Central Asia  6. Informal Governance, ‘Clan’ politics and Corruption  7. Nation-Building in Central Asia: Policy and Discourse  8. Unsettled Space: Unfinished Histories of Border Delimitation in the Ferghana Valley  PART III GEOGRAPHY  9. Boundaries, Borders and Identities  10. The history of water politics in Central Asia  11. Rethinking Spectacular Cities: Beyond Authoritarianism and Mastermind Schemes  12. Politics of Green Development: Trees vs. Roads  PART IV INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS  13. Russia and Central Asia: Evolving Mutual Perceptions and the Rise of Postcolonial Perspectives  14. China-Central Asia Relations: Re-learning to Live Next to the Giant  15. U.S. Policy and Central Asia  16. Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy in Central Asia   17. Military Power and Capacity  18. Globalisation and Migration in Central Asia  PART V POLITICAL ECONOMY  19. Economic Reform and Development in Central Asia  20. Oil, Capital, and Labour Around the Caspian  21. Corruption  22. Modernisation and development in Central Asia  PART VI SOCIETY AND CULTURE  23. The Nationalization of Traditions  24. Thinking with Gender About Central Asia  25. Contemporary Art in Central Asia  26. Language Policy and Language in Central Asia  PART VII RELIGON  27. Islam Renewal in Central Asia  28. Securitisation of Religion in Central Asia  29. Liberalism and Islam in Central Asia  30. Tengrism