The Politics of Transition in Central Asia and the Caucasus (eBook, PDF)

Enduring Legacies and Emerging Challenges
Redaktion: Wooden, Amanda E; Stefes, Christoph H.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Most books on the Caucasus and Central Asia are country-by-country studies. This book, on the other hand, fills a gap in Central Eurasian studies as one of the few comparative case study books on Central Eurasia, covering both the Caucasus and Central Asia; it considers key themes right across the two regions highlighting both political change and continuity. Comparative case study chapters, written by regional experts from a variety of methodological backgrounds, provide historical context, and evaluate Soviet political legacies and emerging policy outcomes. Key topics include: the varied types and sources of authoritarianism; political opposition and protest politics; predetermined outcomes of post-Soviet economic choices; social and stability impacts of natural resource wealth; variations in educational reform; international norm influence on gender policy and the power of human rights activists. Overall, the book provides a thorough, up-to-date overview of what is increasingly becoming a significant area of concern.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134207459
• Artikelnr.: 42981790

Autorenporträt

Amanda E. Wooden is Assistant Professor of Environmental Politics & Policy at Bucknell University. Her research specializations are environmental security, environmental and energy policymaking, and water politics in Central Eurasia. In 2006-07, she served as Economic and Environmental Field Officer in Osh, Kyrgyzstan for the OSCE. Christoph H. Stefes is Associate Professor of Comparative European & Post-Soviet Studies at the University of Colorado, Denver. His research focuses on political and economic developments in the South Caucasus. He is the author of Understanding Post-Soviet Transition: Corruption, Collusion and Clientelism.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Frameworks for Analysis 1. Tempting Two Fates: The Theoretical
Foundations for Understanding Central Eurasian Transitions Christoph H.
Stefes and Amanda E. Wooden 2. Revealing Order in the Chaos: Field
Experiences and Methodologies of Political and Social Research on Central
Eurasia Amanda E. Wooden, Medina Aitieva and Tim Epkenhans Section 2:
Political Contexts of Transitional Variations 3. Expecting Ethnic Conflict:
The Soviet Legacy and Ethnic Politics in the Caucasus and Central Asia
Julie A. George 4. State Power and Autocratic Stability: Armenia and
Georgia Compared Lucan Way 5. Central Asian Protest Movements: Social
Forces or State Resources? Eric McGlinchey Section 3: Policymaking Legacies
and Futures 6. Following Through on Reforms: Comparing Market
Liberalization in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Pamela Blackmon 7. Caspian
Energy Wealth: Social Impacts and Implications for Regional Stability
Oksan Bayulgen 8. Beyond Treaty Signing: Internalizing Human Rights in
Central Eurasia Christopher P.M. Waters 9. Internalization of Universal
Norms: A Study of Gender Equality in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan Irina
Liczek and Jens Wandel 10. Education in Central Asia: Transitional
Challenges and Impacts Carolyn Kissane 11. Multivaried and Interacting
Paths of Change in Central Eurasia Amanda E. Wooden and Christoph H. Stefes