| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Contemporary Central Asia |
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Contemporary Central Asia (Lanham, Md.)
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| Contents |
The borderlands paradox : framing Central Asia's current economic and security challenges / Vivian Walker -- Legal reform in Central Asia : moving past history / Roger D. Kangas -- Human rights and governance in Central Asia / Mariya Y. Omelicheva -- HIV/AIDS responses in Central Asia / Svetlana Ancker -- Sorting Central Asia social media / Stacie L. Giles -- The evolution of the IMU and its communication strategy : public relations or survival? / Sebastien Peyrouse -- Brain waste? : integration of Central Asian and Georgian labor migrants in the United States / Sultanat Leibert -- One belt one road : realizing the "China dream" in Central Asia? / Yuhao Du -- Infrastructure and the political economies of Central Asia / Theresa Sabonis-Helf -- Great game changers? : the changing nature of Central Asian energy / Daniel L. Burghart -- Multilateral engagement with Central Asia on energy issues / Richard Wheeler -- Kazakhstan's bazaar economy : a second-best institution / Dena Sholk -- The fifth estate : illicit networks in Central Asia / Elena Kovalova -- Problematic puzzle pieces : enclaves and conflict in the Ferghana Valley / Timothy Rowe -- The security forces / Robert Timm -- Kazakhstan's dilemma on Eurasian and Central Asian integration / Marlene Laurelle -- Kyrgyzstan's experiments with democracy / Erica Marat -- Tajikistan's Roghun Dam : understanding Rahmon's "palace of light" / Theresa Sabonis-Helf -- Foreign direct investment in the oil & gas sector of Turkmenistan / Sophia Srinivasan -- Everyday governance in post-Soviet Uzbekistan / Laura Adams, Måns Svensson and Rustamjon Urinboyev |
| Summary |
"This collection provides a broad analysis of social, political, economic, and security issues in contemporary Central Asia. In particular, the contributors highlight the differences and similarities among the region's states in how they have consolidated statehood since the collapse of the Soviet Union"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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Economic history
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Asia, Central -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Asia, Central -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Asia, Central -- History -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Central Asia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burghart, Daniel L., editor
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Sabonis-Helf, Theresa, editor
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| LC no. |
2018027916 |
| ISBN |
9781498572675 |
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1498572677 |
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