The Soviet Legacy in Central Asia

ISBN-13: 9780333733592 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 198 str.

John Glenn

Opis

This book analyses the new pattern of security concerns of the Central Asian successor states. This region is said to encompass Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Kirghizstan and Turkmenistan. The main contention of the book is that the security problems of these states are similar to those that faced other 'Third World' countries after they attained independence. That is, due to the arbitrary creation of these states by external powers they lack a certain degree of societal cohesiveness arising from the fact that several ethnic communities reside within their borders. It is this so-called 'insecurity dilemma' of each of the Central Asian states that is therefore examined.

Recenzje

...a fine introduction to the ethical and cultural divisions that threathen state stability in contemporary Central Asia. Journal of Asian Studies

Spis treści

List of Maps List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction The South's 'Insecurity Dilemma' Ethnicity, Nationalism and Nation Building Pre-revolutionary Identities in Central Asia The Redrawing of Boundaries: Soviet 'Official Nationalism' Contemporary Central Asia Iron Fist or Velvet Revolution? Appendix Bibliography Index

O autorze

John Glenn is Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton.