The Soviet legacy in Central Asia
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The Soviet legacy in Central Asia
Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 1999
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Bibliography: p. 182-194
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
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