The international politics of Central Asia
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The international politics of Central Asia
(Regional international politics series)
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1997
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Bibliography: p. [213]-220
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780719043727
Description
Central Asia is a fascinating region yet remote and unfamiliar to many people. This new study provides and introduction to the politics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, Ijikistan, Turkestan, and Uzbekistan. The early chapters introduce the readers to the history of Russian and Soviet involvement in the region up until the collapse of communism, whilst the bulk of the book focuses on the politics of independence. The search for national identity in each region and the influence of Islam are discussed and attention is paid to political, economic and international developments. A central theme of the book is the importance of informal politics associated with national, regional and tribal networks in shaping the evolution of the five states.
Table of Contents
- Russia in Turkestan - the struggle for political control, 1865-1924
- Central Asia's Soviet experience
- the perestroika years
- rebuilding the political order
- laying the economic basis for independence
- the search for identity - national building and the Islamic factor
- Islam, ethnicity and regional conflict - the case of Tajikistan
- the international politics of Central Asia.
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: pbk ISBN 9780719043734
Description
Central Asia is a fascinating region yet remote and unfamiliar to many people. This new study provides an introduction to the politics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan, Turkestan, and Uzbekistan. The early chapters introduce the readers to the history of Russian and Soviet involvement in the region up until the collapse of communism, whilst the bulk of the book focuses on the politics of independence. The search for national identity in each region and the influence of Islam are discussed and attention is paid to political, economic and international developments. A central theme of the book is the importance of informal politics associated with national, regional and tribal networks in shaping the evolution of the five states. -- .
Table of Contents
- Russia in Turkestan - the struggle for political control, 1865-1924
- Central Asia's Soviet experience
- the perestroika years
- rebuilding the political order
- laying the economic basis for independence
- the search for identity - national building and the Islamic factor
- Islam, ethnicity and regional conflict - the case of Tajikistan
- the international politics of Central Asia.
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