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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795412503321

Titolo

Central Asia in the era of sovereignty : the return of tamerlane? / / edited by Daniel L. Burghart and Theresa Sabonis-Helf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-7267-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (522 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures

Disciplina

330.958

Soggetti

Asia, Central Economic conditions 21st century

Asia, Central Social conditions 21st century

Asia, Central History 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

The borderlands paradox : framing Central Asia's current economic and security challenges / Vivian Walker -- Legal reform in Central Asia : moving past history / Roger D. Kangas -- Human rights and governance in Central Asia / Mariya Y. Omelicheva -- HIV/AIDS responses in Central Asia / Svetlana Ancker -- Sorting Central Asia social media / Stacie L. Giles -- The evolution of the IMU and its communication strategy : public relations or survival? / Sebastien Peyrouse -- Brain waste? : integration of Central Asian and Georgian labor migrants in the United States / Sultanat Leibert -- One belt one road : realizing the "China dream" in Central Asia? / Yuhao Du -- Infrastructure and the political economies of Central Asia / Theresa Sabonis-Helf -- Great game changers? : the changing nature of Central Asian energy / Daniel L. Burghart -- Multilateral engagement with Central Asia on energy issues / Richard Wheeler -- Kazakhstan's bazaar economy : a second-best institution / Dena Sholk -- The fifth estate : illicit networks in Central Asia / Elena Kovalova -- Problematic puzzle pieces : enclaves and conflict in the Ferghana Valley / Timothy Rowe -- The security forces / Robert Timm -- Kazakhstan's dilemma on Eurasian and Central Asian integration / Marlene Laurelle -- Kyrgyzstan's experiments with democracy / Erica Marat -- Tajikistan's



Roghun Dam : understanding Rahmon's "palace of light" / Theresa Sabonis-Helf -- Foreign direct investment in the oil & gas sector of Turkmenistan / Sophia Srinivasan -- Everyday governance in post-Soviet Uzbekistan / Laura Adams, Måns Svensson and Rustamjon Urinboyev.

Sommario/riassunto

"This collection provides a broad analysis of social, political, economic, and security issues in contemporary Central Asia. In particular, the contributors highlight the differences and similarities among the region's states in how they have consolidated statehood since the collapse of the Soviet Union"--