Democracy and pluralism in Muslim Eurasia / / edited by Yaaacov Ro'i

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450333803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Frank Cass, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-135-77576-1; 1-280-05957-5; 0-203-00926-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (418 p.)
• Collana: Cummings Center series ; ; 19
• Altri autori (Persone): Ro'iYaacov
• Disciplina: 320.95/0917/67
• Soggetti: Democracy - Asia, Central; Democracy - Russia (Federation) - Caucasus, Northern; Muslims - Asia, Central; Muslims - Russia (Federation) - Caucasus, Northern; Post-communism - Asia, Central; Post-communism - Russia (Federation) - Caucasus, Northern; Electronic books.; Asia, Central Ethnic relations; Caucasus, Northern (Russia) Ethnic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; GLOSSARY; INTRODUCTION; 1. The Democratic Tradition of Kazakhstan in Historical Context; 2 Elements of Democracy in Dagestan on the Eve of the Russian Conquest; 3 The Challenge of Belonging The Muslims of Late Imperial Russia and the Contested Terrain of Identity and Gender; 4 The Hidden Dialogue on Constitutionalism between the Russian Provisional Government and the Khivan Democracy in 1917; 5. Aid and Ideas: The Impact of Western Economic Support on the Muslim Successor States; 6 Islam in the FSU An Inevitable Impediment to Democracy; 8 The Formation of Political Parties and Movements in Central Asia9 The Price of Stability Kazakhstani Control Mechanisms under Conditions of Cultural and Demographic Bipolarity; 10 Liberalization in ; Kyrgyzstan An Island of Democracy; 11 Political Clans and Political Conflicts in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan; 12 Linguistic Policy and the Process of Democratization in Uzbekistan; 13 Opposition in Tajikistan Pro et Contra; 14 Democracy and Civil Society Building in Independent Azerbaijan Irrevocable Changes or Temporary Diversion; 15. Post-Soviet Tatarstan: Democratic Strains in the Ideological Evolution of the Tatar National Movement16 Nation Building and Minority Rights in Post Soviet Russia The Case of Bashkortostan; 17 The Political Process in Dagestan Prospects for Democracy; 18 Ethnic Relations and Democratic Transition in the North Western Caucasus; 19 Democratic Values and Political Reality in Chechnya 1991 1999; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is devoted to the study and analysis of the prospects for democracy among the Muslim ethnicities of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), both those that have acquired full independence and those remaining within the Russian Federation. The nineteen Western academics and scholars from the Muslim countries and regions of the CIS who contribute to this volume view the establishment of democratic institutions in this region in the context of a wide and complex range of influences, above all the Russian/Soviet political legacy; native ethnic political culture and tradition; the I