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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789875403321

Autore

Peyrouse Sebastien

Titolo

Turkmenistan : strategies of power, dilemmas of development / / Sebastien Peyrouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe, , 2012

ISBN

1-317-45325-5

1-315-69857-9

1-317-45326-3

1-283-39522-3

9786613395221

0-7656-3204-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) : color maps

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

958.4

Soggetti

Turkmenistan History

Turkmenistan Politics and government 1991-

Turkmenistan Economic conditions 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Turkmen territory : unity and diversity -- From antiquity to the Khanates : a history of fits and starts -- The impact of Russian-Soviet modernization -- The building of the Turkmen nation -- An independence marked by Niyazov's megalomania -- Culture and religion : the issues of reconstruction -- Berdymukhammedov : illusion of a Khrushchevian thaw? -- Turkmenistan from inside : social and economic evolutions -- The future "Kuwait of Central Asia"? -- Finding its place on the international stage.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary Turkmenistan in English.