Title Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus : migration, democratisation and inequality in the post-Soviet era / edited by Sophie Hohmann, Claire Mouradian, Silvia Serrano and Julien Thorez

Published London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2014 ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 399 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Library of international relations ; 70 Library of international relations (Series) ; 70. Contents Introduction : the post-Soviet Caucasus and Central Asia : another South? / Isabelle Obayon, Silvia Serrano and Amandine Regamey -- The origins of a colonial vision of southern Russia from the Tsars to the Soviets : about some imperial practices in the Caucasus / Claire Mouradian -- "Trust in cadres" and the party-based control in Central Asia during the Brejnev era / Tetsuro Chida -- Nations and post-colonialism in Central Asia : twenty years later / Sergei Abashin -- Functional clusters and diverging paths in post-Soviet South : the Georgian case / George Tarkhan-Mouravi -- Systemic change in two Central Asian rentier states : Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan / Hélène Rousselot -- Human capital and inequality in Tajikistan : intercommunication and interdependence / Saodat Olimova and Muzzafar Olimov -- Measures of poverty in the Caucasus and Central Asia : international approaches and specificities of southern countries of the former Soviet Union / Cécile Lefèvre and Sophie Hohmann -- The post-Soviet space between North and South : discontinuities, disparities and migrations / Julien Thorez -- Female migration into Russia from Central Asian countries : migrants researching migrants / Natalia Zotova and Victor Agadjanian -- Labour migrations in the Omsk region : administrative and economic workforce management practices and construction of new social relations / Anne Le Huérou -- The state and the diaspora : bureaucratic and discursive practices in the construction of a transnational community / Sergei Rumyantsev -- Political and cultural tools of Turkey's presence in Central Asia : the ambiguities of a nationalist modernization model / Stéphane De Tapia -- Paradox of the "good governance agenda" : geopolitical externalities and development practice in Tajikistan / Mana Farooghi Summary "After the final collapse of the Soviet Union, the so-called 'last empire', in 1991, the countries of Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan - and of the Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia - became independent nations. These countries, previously production centres under the socialist planning system of the Soviet Union, have made enormous economic adjustments in order to develop - or attempt to develop - along capitalist lines. As this study will show, however, inequality in Central Asia and the Caucasus is widening, as the Soviet systems of healthcare and state provisions disappear. Rejecting the Cold War-era East/West paradigm often used to analyse the development of these nations, this study analyses development along the North-South lines which characterise the migration patterns and poverty levels of much of the rest of the developed world. This opens up new avenues of research, and helps us understand why it is, for instance, that this region is better characterised as a 'new South' - as skilled workers flood out of the territories and into Russia and Western Europe. Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus draws together detailed analyses of the development of migration economics as the region's oil wealth further enhances its strategic and economic importance to Russia, the US, the Middle East and to the EU."--Bloomsbury Publishing Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Economic development -- Asia, Central Economic development -- Caucasus Post-communism -- Asia, Central Post-communism -- Caucasus Democratization -- Asia, Central Democratization -- Caucasus Equality -- Asia, Central Equality -- Caucasus Regional studies. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Democratization Economic development Economic history Emigration and immigration Equality Politics and government Post-communism Social conditions Sozioökonomischer Wandel Arbeitnehmer Migration Postkommunismus Wirtschaftsentwicklung Sozialer Wandel Soziale Ungleichheit Ekonomisk utveckling. Postkommunism. Ekonomiska förhållanden. SUBJECT Asia, Central -- Economic conditions -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97004732 Caucasus -- Economic conditions Asia, Central -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89001282 Caucasus -- Social conditions Asia, Central -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001932 Caucasus -- Politics and government Asia, Central -- Emigration and immigration Caucasus -- Emigration and immigration Subject Central Asia Caucasus Mittelasien Kaukasusländer Mittelasien Kaukasusländer Form Electronic book Author Hohmann, Sophie, editor Mouradian, Claire, editor Serrano, Silvia, editor Thorez, Julien, editor Container of (work): Mouradian, Claire. Origins of a colonial vision of southern Russia from the Tsars to the Soviets ISBN 9780857725370 0857725378 9780857737342 0857737341

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