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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457630903321

Autore

Blackmon Pamela

Titolo

In the shadow of Russia [[electronic resource] ] : reform in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan / / Pamela Blackmon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-60917-201-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 p.)

Collana

Eurasian political economy and public policy studies series

Disciplina

338.95845

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Kazakhstan Economic policy 1991-

Uzbekistan Economic policy 1991-

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

Breaking apart from Russia : a special challenge for Kazakhstan -- Agreeing to manage economic policies in Uzbekistan -- Economics determines politics for Nazarbayev -- Connecting specific reform policies to investment and business.

Sommario/riassunto

In the twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the fifteen new independent republics have embarked on unprecedented transitions from command economies into market-oriented economies.     Important motivating factors for their reform efforts included issues of geographic and economic proximity to Europe and the influence of the pre-Soviet era histories in those countries. In the Shadow of Russia builds upon the conceptual frameworks that include geography and policy choices about economic integration in an analysis of the reform efforts of Kazakhstan and U