Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures – serie
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32 produkter
Kyrgyzstan beyond "Democracy Island" and "Failing State"
Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society
Av Marlene Laruelle, Johan Engvall
Inbunden, 2015
1603 kr
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Kyrgyzstan is probably the best known of any central Asian country, the one that has elicited the most academic publications, reports by NGOs or advocacy groups, and op-eds in the media. The country opened up massively to Western influence through development aid for civil society and for economic …
Kyrgyzstan beyond "Democracy Island" and "Failing State"
Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society
Av Marlene Laruelle, Johan Engvall
Häftad, 2019
587 kr
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Kyrgyzstan is probably the best known of any central Asian country, the one that has elicited the most academic publications, reports by NGOs or advocacy groups, and op-eds in the media. The country opened up massively to Western influence through development aid for civil society and for economic …
Kazakhstan in the Making
Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes
Häftad, 2018
631 kr
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Kazakhstan is one of the best-known success stories of Central Asia, perhaps even of the entire Eurasian space. It boasts a fast growing economy—at least until the 2014 crisis—a strategic location between Russia, China, and the rest of Central Asia, and a regime with far-reaching branding …
Eurasia's Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates
Global Perspective, Local Theaters
Inbunden, 2017
1313 kr
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This anthology of articles, short studies, and interviews by Alexandros Petersen was written over the span of ten years, starting in 2004. Yet they are even more relevant today in their prescient analysis. Petersen insightfully addressed the implications of the West withdrawing its engagement from …
Integration in Energy and Transport
Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey
Inbunden, 2016
1237 kr
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The South Caucasus has established itself as a corridor for transporting energy from Azerbaijan to Georgia, Turkey, and on to Europe, symbolized by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. This new infrastructure has created an east-west “Eurasian bridge” in which transnational extra-regional actors, …
Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature
Elites and Narratives
Inbunden, 2017
1547 kr
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*Shortlisted for the 2018 Book Award in Social Sciences of the Central Eurasian Studies Society*Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature is a book about cultural transformations and trajectories of national imagination in modern Kazakhstan. The book is a much-needed critical introduction …
Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature
Elites and Narratives
Häftad, 2019
656 kr
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*Shortlisted for the 2018 Book Award in Social Sciences of the Central Eurasian Studies Society*Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature is a book about cultural transformations and trajectories of national imagination in modern Kazakhstan. The book is a much-needed critical introduction …
Afghanistan and Its Neighbors after the NATO Withdrawal
Av Amin Saikal, Kirill Nourzhanov
Inbunden, 2016
1313 kr
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The planned reductions in NATO troop numbers in Afghanistan through 2015 and a final withdrawal at the end of 2016 brings up numerous pressing questions about the security and national interests of not just Afghanistan, but of the broader region itself. The problem of a chaotic Afghanistan—or of an …
Afghanistan and Its Neighbors after the NATO Withdrawal
Av Amin Saikal, Kirill Nourzhanov
Häftad, 2017
645 kr
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The planned reductions in NATO troop numbers in Afghanistan through 2015 and a final withdrawal at the end of 2016 brings up numerous pressing questions about the security and national interests of not just Afghanistan, but of the broader region itself. The problem of a chaotic Afghanistan—or of an …
Origins of the Civil War in Tajikistan
Nationalism, Islamism, and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Space
Häftad, 2018
782 kr
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In May 1992 political and social tensions in the former Soviet Republic of Tajikistan escalated to a devastating civil war, which killed approximately 40,000-100,000 people and displaced more than one million. The enormous challenge of the Soviet Union’s disintegration compounded by inner-elite …
Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia
Traditionalist, Socialist, and Post-Socialist Identities
Inbunden, 2017
1466 kr
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Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia is the first full-length treatment of literacy in Mongolian. Challenging readers’ assumptions about Central Asia and Mongolia, this book focuses on Mongolians’ experiences with reading and writing throughout the past 100 years. Literacy, as a …
Constructing the Uzbek State
Narratives of Post-Soviet Years
Inbunden, 2017
1748 kr
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Over the past three decades, Uzbekistan has attracted the attention of the academic and policy communities because of its geostrategic importance, its critical role in shaping or unshaping Central Asia as a region, its economic and trade potential, and its demographic weight: every other Central …
Visions of Development in Central Asia
Revitalizing the Culture Concept
Häftad, 2021
529 kr
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In Visions of Development in Central Asia: Revitalizing the Culture Concept, Noor O’Neill Borbieva reflects on anthropology’s withdrawal from discussions about culture and the parallel rise of the intellectually and politically problematic discourse of “culture matters thinking,” or CMT. CMT …
State-Building in Kazakhstan
Continuity and Transformation of Informal Institutions
Inbunden, 2018
1204 kr
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This book challenges the conventional wisdom that informal institutions—networks, clientelism, and connections—have to disappear in modern societies due to liberalization of the economy, rapid urbanization, and industrialization. The case of Kazakhstan shows that informal reciprocal institutions …
European Union's Influence in Central Asia
Geopolitical Challenges and Responses
Inbunden, 2018
1415 kr
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Unknown yet highly strategic, Central Asia attracts the interest of major global powers due to its vast energy resources and crucial geographic position. Russia, China, and the European Union view this region as an indispensable springboard to enhance their political and economic influence on the …
Tajikistan on the Move
Statebuilding and Societal Transformations
Inbunden, 2018
1556 kr
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The southernmost and poorest state of the Eurasian space, Tajikistan collapsed immediately upon the fall of the Soviet Union and plunged into a bloody five-year civil war (1992–1997) that left more than 50,000 people dead and more than half a million displaced. After the 1997 Peace Agreements, …
Central Asia–Afghanistan Relationship
From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives
Häftad, 2020
558 kr
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Central Asia is a relatively understudied neighbor of Afghanistan. The region is often placed into a number of historical and political contexts—a section of the Silk Road, a pawn in the “Great Game,” the “spillover” state that exemplifies the failure of US foreign policy—that limit scholarly …
New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus
Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution
Inbunden, 2017
1458 kr
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This collection surveys the three South Caucasian states’ economic, social and political evolution since their independence in 1991. It assesses their successes and failures in these areas, including their attempts to build new national identities and value systems to replace Soviet-era structures. …
Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan
Toward a Resacralization of Public Space
Inbunden, 2018
1275 kr
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Azerbaijan’s independence came after seven decades of militant atheism of Soviet modernization project and emerged into staunch secularism of Western modernity, two factors that, on a par with the country’s precarious neighborhood, promised a sustained indigenous effort towards the desacralization …
Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty
The Return of Tamerlane?
Av Daniel L. Burghart, Theresa Sabonis-Helf
Häftad, 2019
732 kr
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After twenty-five years of independence, there is little doubt that the five Central Asian states will persist as sovereign, independent states. They increasingly differ from each other, and are making their way in global politics. No longer connected only to Russia, they are now connected in …
New Media and Political Participation in Russia and Kazakhstan
Exploring the Lived Experiences of Young People in Eurasia
Inbunden, 2023
1134 kr
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New Media and Political Participation in Russia and Kazakhstan: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Young People in Eurasia confronts the sociological problem of the usage of new media by young people in political participation, particularly in Eurasian countries. The author explains how and why new …
Sovereign States and Regional Cooperation in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Inbunden, 1950
1263 kr
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This book investigates the various elements that affect regional collaboration in the post-Soviet space, focusing on the CSTO, which originated as the Collective Security Treaty in 1992 before evolving into the CSTO in 2002.Sovereign States and Regional Cooperation in Post-Soviet Central Asia …
Silk Road After Ukraine
A New Vision for Eurasian Integration
Inbunden, 2024
1240 kr
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The Silk Road After Ukraine: A New Vision for Eurasian Integration explores the long-term implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Eurasian supply chains and Eurasia’s development trajectory. Through an in-depth examination of China’s original motivations for launching the New Silk Road, …
Russia–Ukraine War and Its Implications on Central Asia
Resilience, Connectivity, and Decolonization
Av Assylzat Karabayeva, Ikboljon Qoraboyev
Inbunden, 2024
1275 kr
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The Russia–Ukraine War and its Implications for Central Asia: Resilience, Connectivity, and Decolonization embarks on a comprehensive exploration of the profound impacts of the Ukraine conflict on Central Asia, viewed through the prism of the region's scholars. This book assesses the geopolitical …
Nazarbayev Generation
Youth in Kazakhstan
Häftad, 2021
573 kr
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This social and cultural analysis provides a new understanding of Kazakhstan’s younger generations that emerged during the rule of Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been presiding over Kazakhstan for the thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Half of Kazakhstan’s population was born after …
Modern Central Asia
A Primary Source Reader
Häftad, 2021
573 kr
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Modern Central Asia: A Primary Source Reader is an academic resource that discusses the basic political, social, and economic evolution of Central Asian civilization in its colonial (1731–1991) and post-colonial (1991–present) periods. Among other aspects of Central Asian history, this source …
History of the Tajik Civil War, 1992–1997
Inbunden, 2022
1603 kr
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The History of the Tajik Civil War, 1992–1997 presents a historical and analytical survey of the Tajik civil war—one of the bloodiest and most violent conflicts that took place in the post-Soviet space after the collapse of the USSR. The conflict continued for five years as a political and military …
Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia
An Anthology of Emerging and Contemporary Issues
Av Elira Turdubaeva, Evangelia Papoutsaki
Inbunden, 2023
1458 kr
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Central Asian post-independence media and communication industries, professional practices, education, persisting and evolving values, and traditions remain critically understudied with a notable scarcity of research and scholarly publications on the complex and increasingly changing communicative …
Cinema of Soviet Kazakhstan 1925–1991
An Uneasy Legacy
Inbunden, 2021
1748 kr
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This monograph traces the history of Kazakh filmmaking from its conception as a Soviet cultural construction project to its peak as fully-fledged national cinema to its eventual re-imagining as an art-house phenomenon. The author’s analysis places leading directors—Shaken Aimanov, Abdulla …
Cinema of Soviet Kazakhstan 1925–1991
An Uneasy Legacy
Häftad, 2022
573 kr
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This monograph traces the history of Kazakh filmmaking from its conception as a Soviet cultural construction project to its peak as fully-fledged national cinema to its eventual re-imagining as an art-house phenomenon. The author’s analysis places leading directors—Shaken Aimanov, Abdulla …
