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Critical Approaches to Security in Central Asia
Av Edward Lemon
Inbunden, 2018
2517 kr
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Central Asia remains on the periphery, both spatially and in people’s imaginations. When the region does attract international attention, it is often related to security issues, including terrorism, ethnic conflict and drug trafficking. This book brings together leading specialists from a range of …
Russian Practices of Governance in Eurasia
Frontier Power Dynamics, Sixteenth Century to Nineteenth Century
Inbunden, 2020
2592 kr
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This book analyses the role of the mobility factor in the spread of Russian rule in Eurasia in the formative period of the rise of the Russian Empire and offers an examination of the interaction of Russian authorities with their nomadic partners.Demonstrating that the mobility factor strongly …
Uzbekistan’s International Relations
Inbunden, 2020
2740 kr
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This book examines the development of Uzbekistan’s international relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Socialist and Post–Socialist Mongolia
Nation, Identity, and Culture
Av Simon Wickhamsmith, Phillip P. Marzluf
Inbunden, 2021
2582 kr
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This book re-examines the origins of modern Mongolian nationalism, discussing nation building as sponsored by the socialist Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party and the Soviet Union and emphasizing in particular the role of the arts and the humanities. It considers the politics and society of the …
Parliamentary Representation in Central Asia
MPs Between Representing Their Voters and Serving an Authoritarian Regime
Inbunden, 2020
2740 kr
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This book explores the nature of parliamentary representation within the autocratic regimes of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It argues that although many parliaments are elected under flawed or non-competitive elections, autocratic governments are nevertheless aware of the need to appear …
Legal Pluralism in Central Asia
Local Jurisdiction and Customary Practices
Häftad, 2020
816 kr
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Legal Pluralism in Central Asia reports on historical, anthropological and legal research which examines customary legal practices in Kyrgyzstan and relates them to wider societal developments in Central Asia and further afield. Using the term legal pluralism, the book demonstrates that there is a …
Uzbekistan’s International Relations
Häftad, 2022
690 kr
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This book examines the development of Uzbekistan’s international relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Parliamentary Representation in Central Asia
MPs Between Representing Their Voters and Serving an Authoritarian Regime
Häftad, 2022
690 kr
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This book explores the nature of parliamentary representation within the autocratic regimes of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It argues that although many parliaments are elected under flawed or non-competitive elections, autocratic governments are nevertheless aware of the need to appear …
Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia
The Mountain Communities of Pamir
Av Dagikhudo Dagiev, Carole Faucher
Häftad, 2020
719 kr
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Pamiris, or Badakhshanis in popular discourse, form a small group of Iranic peoples who inhabit the mountainous region of Pamir-Hindu Kush, being the historical region of Badakhshan. Pamiri communities are located in the territories of four current nation-states: Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China and …
Critical Approaches to Security in Central Asia
Av Edward Lemon
Häftad, 2020
690 kr
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Central Asia remains on the periphery, both spatially and in people’s imaginations. When the region does attract international attention, it is often related to security issues, including terrorism, ethnic conflict and drug trafficking. This book brings together leading specialists from a range of …
Socialist and Post–Socialist Mongolia
Nation, Identity, and Culture
Av Simon Wickhamsmith, Phillip P. Marzluf
Häftad, 2022
713 kr
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This book re-examines the origins of modern Mongolian nationalism, discussing nation building as sponsored by the socialist Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party and the Soviet Union and emphasizing in particular the role of the arts and the humanities. It considers the politics and society of the …
Practices of Traditionalization in Central Asia
Inbunden, 2020
2517 kr
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Practices of Traditionalization in Central Asia focuses on how tradition is ‘everyday-ified’ in contemporary Central Asia, including Tatarstan and Tibet, and what people seek to achieve in its name. The case studies range from political demonstrations and industrial workers’ gatherings to …
Turkestan and the Fate of the Russian Empire
Inbunden, 2002
2592 kr
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The central argument of this book is that the half-century of Russian rule in Central Asia was shaped by traditions of authoritarian rule, by Russian national interests, and by a civic reform agenda that brought to Turkestan the principles that informed Alexander II's reform policies. This …
Church of the East
A Concise History
Av Wilhelm Baum, Dietmar W. Winkler
Inbunden, 2003
2517 kr
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The Church of the East is currently the only complete history in English of the East Syriac Church of the East. It covers the periods of the Sassanians, Arabs, Mongols, Ottomans, the 20th century, and informs about the Syriac, Iranian and Chinese literature of this unique and almost forgotten part …
Pre-tsarist and Tsarist Central Asia
Communal Commitment and Political Order in Change
Inbunden, 2003
3262 kr
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This study, written from the perspective of political sociology, represents the first comparative examination of Central Asian communal and political organisation before and after the tsarist conquest of the region. It covers Turkman, Kyrgyz, Kazakh and other tribal societies, analyses the …
Russia's Protectorates in Central Asia
Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924
Inbunden, 2004
2592 kr
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This book examines the Russian conquest of the ancient Central Asian khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the 1860s and 1870s, and the relationship between Russia and the territories until their extinction as political entities in 1924. It shows how Russia's approach developed from one of …
Russian Culture in Uzbekistan
One Language in the Middle of Nowhere
Inbunden, 2006
2489 kr
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Recent political changes in Central Asia, where the United States is replacing Russia as the dominant power, are having a profound effect on Russian speakers in the region. These people, formerly perceived as progressive and engaging with Europe, are now confronted by the erasure of their literary, …
Kazakhstan - Ethnicity, Language and Power
Av Bhavna Dave
Inbunden, 2007
2525 kr
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Kazakhstan is emerging as the most dynamic economic and political actor in Central Asia. It is the second largest country of the former Soviet Union, after the Russian Federation, and has rich natural resources, particularly oil, which is being exploited through massive US investment. Kazakhstan …
Politics of Transition in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Enduring Legacies and Emerging Challenges
Av Amanda E Wooden, Christoph H. Stefes
Inbunden, 2009
2759 kr
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Most books on the Caucasus and Central Asia are country-by-country studies. This book, on the other hand, fills a gap in Central Eurasian studies as one of the few comparative case study books on Central Eurasia, covering both the Caucasus and Central Asia; it considers key themes right across the …
Islamic Education in the Soviet Union and Its Successor States
Av Michael Kemper, Raoul Motika m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2454 kr
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This book provides a comparative history of Islamic education in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet countries. Case studies on Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan and on two regions of the Russian Federation, Tatarstan and Daghestan, highlight the importance which Muslim …
Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Inbunden, 2007
2525 kr
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Providing a wealth of empirical research on the everyday practise of Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia, this book gives a detailed account of how Islam is understood and practised among ordinary Muslims in the region, focusing in particular on Uzbekistan. It shows how individuals negotiate …
Ethno-Nationalism, Islam and the State in the Caucasus
Post-Soviet Disorder
Av Moshe Gammer
Inbunden, 2007
2525 kr
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With the region of the Caucasus with its ongoing, and even deteriorating, crisis and instability and its strategic and economic importance increasingly at the front of the world's attention, this volume presents and discusses some of the complexities and problems arising in the region such as …
Humanitarian Aid in Post-Soviet Countries
An Anthropological Perspective
Inbunden, 2007
2600 kr
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An anthropologist among aid workers. Her objective: to study that exotic tribe, humanitarian and development workers, along with their state and non-state partners, as they "export democracy" to post-soviet countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Her method: to join the tribe for ten years. …
Conflict Transformation in Central Asia
Irrigation disputes in the Ferghana Valley
Inbunden, 2008
2489 kr
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This book provides the first systematic analysis of peace-building in Central Asia for inter-ethnic conflicts over water and land in the Ferghana Valley based on concrete, in-depth and on-site investigation.The core analysis centres on peace-building projects in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and …
Kazakhstan - Ethnicity, Language and Power
Av Bhavna Dave
Häftad, 2008
915 kr
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Kazakhstan is emerging as the most dynamic economic and political actor in Central Asia. It is the second largest country of the former Soviet Union, after the Russian Federation, and has rich natural resources, particularly oil, which is being exploited through massive US investment. Kazakhstan …
Post-Conflict Tajikistan
The politics of peacebuilding and the emergence of legitimate order
Inbunden, 2009
2525 kr
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Post-Soviet, post-conflict Tajikistan is an under-studied and poorly understood case in conflict studies literature. Since 2000, this Central Asian state has seen major political violence end, countrywide order emerge and the peace agreement between the parties of the 1990s civil war hold. …
Politics and Oil in Kazakhstan
Inbunden, 2009
2525 kr
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In Kazakhstan, the oil industry plays a crucial role in its economic and political life due to the country’s considerable oil revenues and accompanying conflicting interests. As an arena of political struggle, this industry provides a good test case for uncovering regime maintenance techniques. …
Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Häftad, 2008
754 kr
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Providing a wealth of empirical research on the everyday practise of Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia, this book gives a detailed account of how Islam is understood and practised among ordinary Muslims in the region, focusing in particular on Uzbekistan. It shows how individuals negotiate …
Military and the State in Central Asia
From Red Army to Independence
Av Erica Marat
Inbunden, 2009
2525 kr
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The military played a pivotal role in the political development, state functions, foreign policy and the daily lives of the people in the Central Asian states from the early twentieth century until the present. This book is the first major, in-depth study of the military institutions in Central …
Securing the Indian Frontier in Central Asia
Confrontation and Negotiation, 1865-1895
Av Martin Ewans
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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The three decades between 1865 and 1895 marked a particularly contentious period in the relationship between Britain and Russia in Central Asia, which more than once brought them to the verge of war. Moderates tried to settle the problem by the negotiation of ‘neutral zones’, or firm boundaries, …
