LEADER 04322oam 2200745I 450 001 9910781074503321 005 20230725044853.0 010 $a1-135-22471-4 010 $a1-135-22472-2 010 $a1-282-57627-5 010 $a9786612576270 010 $a0-203-86523-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203865231 035 $a(CKB)2550000000006712 035 $a(EBL)481015 035 $a(OCoLC)609854998 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000357627 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11278522 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357627 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10359069 035 $a(PQKB)10551990 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC481015 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL481015 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10370139 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL257627 035 $a(OCoLC)609880288 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000006712 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCaspian energy politics $eAzerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan /$fedited by Indra A?verland, Heidi Kjµrnet and Andrea Kendall-Taylor 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (205 p.) 225 1 $aCentral Asian Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-69320-9 311 $a0-415-54916-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Acronyms and terminology; Introduction: The resource curse and authoritarianism in the Caspian petro-states; Part I Domestic challenges in the Caspian petro-states; Introduction: Domestic balancing acts in the Caspian petro-states; 1 Resource nationalism in Kazakhstan's petroleum sector: Curse or blessing?; 2 Petroleum-fuelled public investment in Azerbaijan: Implications for competitiveness and employment; 3 Displacement in a booming economy: IDPs in Azerbaijan 327 $a4 Natural gas and authoritarianism in TurkmenistanPart II Energy relations of the Caspian petro-states with China and Russia; Introduction: China and Russia: partners or firewalls for the Caspian petro-states?; 5 China, energy security and Central Asian diplomacy: Bilateral and multilateral approaches; 6 In the 'new Great Game', who is getting played?: Chinese investment in Kazakhstan's petroleum sector; 7 Just good friends: Kazakhstan's and Turkmenistan's energyrelations with Russia; 8 Azerbaijani-Russian relations and the economization of foreign policy 327 $a9 The Shanghai Cooperation Energy Club: Purpose and prospects10 Conclusions and further reflections: The logic of authoritarianism in the Caspian petro-states; Index 330 $aCaspian Energy Politics analyses the role of oil and gas in the development of the three main petroleum exporters in the Caspian region - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - and how energy resources influence interactions with semi-authoritarian Russia and China. Due to volatile commodity prices and competition for the resources in and around the Caspian Sea, the governments of these petroleum-exporters face a series of difficult decisions. These governments have sought to balance short-term incentives to spend oil revenues as a means to maintain power against the need 410 0$aCentral Asian Studies 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy$zAzerbaijan 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy$zKazakhstan 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy$zTurkmenistan 607 $aAzerbaijan$xForeign economic relations 607 $aKazakhstan$xForeign economic relations 607 $aTurkmenistan$xForeign economic relations 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy 676 $a333.7909475 701 $aA?verland$b Indra$01509111 701 $aKendall-Taylor$b Andrea$01509112 701 $aKjµrnet$b Heidi$01509113 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781074503321 996 $aCaspian energy politics$93740710 997 $aUNINA