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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822177003321

Titolo

Civil society in Central Asia / / editors, M. Holt Ruffin, Daniel C. Waugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

0-295-80053-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 331 pages) : 2 maps

Altri autori (Persone)

RuffinM. Holt

WaughDaniel Clarke

Disciplina

301/.0958/09049

Soggetti

Civil society - Asia, Central

Asia, Central Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes papers from a conference organized by the Center for Civil Society International and the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents ; Preface ; Maps of Central Asia ; Introduction / M. Holt Ruffin ; Civil Society in Central Asia / S. Frederick Starr ; The Legal Regulation of NGOs: Central Asia at a Crossroads / Scott Horton and Alla Kazakina ; Freedom of Association and the Question of Its Realization in Kazakhstan / Evgeny A. Zhovtis ; Government and Nonprofit Sector Relations in then Kyrgyz Republic / Erkinbek Kasybekov ; Environmental NGOs and the Development of Civil Society in Central Asia / Kate Watters ; Kolkhoz and Civil Society in the Independent States of Central Asia / Olivier Roy

Prospects for Development of an Independent Media in Kazakhstan / Oleg Katsiev Can Uzbekistan Build Democracy and Civil Society? / Abdumannob Polat ; Civil Society and Identity in Uzbekistan: The Emergent Role of Islam / Reuel Hanks ; Islam and Tajikistan's Human and Ecological Crisis / Aziz Niyazi ; Women's NGOs in Central Asia's Evolving Societies / Ula Ikramova and Kathryn McConnell ; The Real Work: Sustaining NGO Growth in Central Asia / Jay Cooper ; Organizations ; Kazakhstan ; Kyrgyzstan ; Tajikistan ; Turkmenistan ; Uzbekistan ; Online Resources ; E-mail Lists ; Web sites; Internet Access Centers in Central Asia; Appendices ; About the Authors ; Glossary