The Transformation of Central Asia: States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801488427 ISBN 13: 9780801488429

Verlag: Cornell University Press, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, former Communist Party leaders in Central Asia were faced with the daunting task of building states where they previously had not existed: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Their task was complicated by the institutional and ideological legacy of the Soviet system as well as by a more actively engaged international community. These nascent states inherited a set of institutions that included bloated bureaucracies, centralized economic planning, and patronage networks. Some of these institutions survived, others have mutated, and new institutions have been created.

Experts on Central Asia here examine the emerging relationship between state actors and social forces in the region. Through the prism of local institutions, the authors reassess both our understanding of Central Asia and of the state-building process more broadly. They scrutinize a wide array of institutional actors, ranging from regional governments and neighborhood committees to transnational and non-governmental organizations. With original empirical research and theoretical insight, the volume's contributors illuminate an obscure but resource-rich and strategically significant region.

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Pauline Jones Luong is Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University. She is the author of Institutional Change and Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Power, Perceptions, and Pacts.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0801488427
• ISBN 13: 9780801488429
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
• Herausgeber: Jones Luong Pauline
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