Transnationalism and diaspora in Central Asia and the Caucasus / Touraj Atabaki -- Nationalism from without / Jolle Demmers -- Towards a typology of diasporas in Kazakhstan / Shirin Akiner -- Russians in post-Soviet Central Asia / Kulbhushan Warikoo -- State, homeland, and diaspora : the Armenian and Azerbaijani cases / Stephan Astourian -- Diaspora and global civil society : the impact of transnational diasporic activism on Armenia's post-Soviet transition / Armine Ishkanian -- Afghan communities in Uzbekistan / Natalya Khan -- Uighur community in 1990s Central Asia / Ablet Kamalov -- The Afghan diaspora / Eden Naby -- Islam in China / Dru C. Gladney -- The Assyrian diaspora / Eden Naby
Summary
This book focuses on the dynamics among transnational forces within and beyond Central Asia and explores the roles played by diaspora communities in Central Asia and the Caucasus