Understanding Central Asia : Politics and Contested Transformations

ISBN-13: 9780415297028 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 244 str.

Sally Cummings

Opis

As an introductory text, Understanding Central Asia presents students with the basic knowledge of the history, politics and international relations of Central Asia. Sally Cummings explores the domestic and foreign politics of the five independent states of post-Soviet Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. This accessible text is arranged thematically and covers key issues such as:

• history
• state and nation-building
• the role of Islam
• economic and political reform
• relations with the South, particularly Afghanistan, India and Pakistan
• relations with Russia and the geopolitical role of Central Asia post-September 11th.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Region of Central Asia: What’s in a Name?  3. Empires, Soviet Rule and Sovereignty  4. Authoritarian Alternatives  5. Islam, Nation and Multiple Identities in Central Asia  6. Economics and Political Transformations  7. Securing Central Asia  8. Conclusion: State of the State in Central Asia

O autorze

Sally N. Cummings teaches in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK, where she is also Founding Director of the Institute of Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Caucasus Studies. Her publications include Sovereignty After Empire (co-ed., 2011); Symbolism and Power in Central Asia (ed., Routledge 2010); Kazakhstan (2005) and Oil, Transition and Security in Central Asia (ed., Routledge 2003).