Chaos, violence, dynasty : politics and Islam in Central Asia / / Eric McGlinchey
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| Autore: |
McGlinchey Eric Max <1973->
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| Titolo: |
Chaos, violence, dynasty : politics and Islam in Central Asia / / Eric McGlinchey
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| Pubblicazione: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2011 |
| ©2011 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.958 |
| Soggetto topico: | Authoritarianism - Asia, Central |
| Democracy - Asia, Central | |
| Islam and politics - Asia, Central | |
| Islam and state - Asia, Central | |
| Comparative government | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Asia, Central Politics and government |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface -- Introduction -- A post-transitions research agenda for the study of authoritarianism -- The Soviet origins of post-Soviet autocratic variation -- Kyrgyz chaos -- Uzbek violence -- Kazakh dynasty -- Conclusion. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In the post-Soviet era, democracy has made little progress in Central Asia. In Chaos, Violence, Dynasty, Eric McGlinchey presents a compelling comparative study of the divergent political courses taken by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan in the wake of Soviet rule. McGlinchey examines economics, religion, political legacies, foreign investment, and the ethnicity of these countries to evaluate the relative success of political structures in each nation. McGlinchey explains the impact of Soviet policy on the region, from Lenin to Gorbachev. Ruling from a distance, a minimally invasion |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Chaos, violence, dynasty |
| ISBN: | 0-8229-7747-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464615803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Central Eurasia in context.