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New & Published Titles:
Politics and Oil in Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, the oil industry plays a crucial role in its economic and political life due to the country’s considerable oil revenues and accompanying conflicting…
read moreOctober 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48580-7 (Routledge)
The Military and the State in Central Asia
From Red Army to Independence
The military played a pivotal role in the political development, state functions, foreign policy and the daily lives of the people in the Central Asian…
read moreOctober 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-49347-5 (Routledge)
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Islamic Education in the Soviet Union and Its Successor States
This book provides a comparative history of Islamic education in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet countries. Case studies on Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and…
read moreJuly 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36815-5 (Routledge)
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The Politics of Transition in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Enduring Legacies and Emerging Challenges
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…
read moreJune 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36813-1 (Routledge)
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Russia's Protectorates in Central Asia
Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924, 2nd Edition
This book examines the Russian conquest of the ancient Central Asian khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the 1860s and 1870s, and the relationship between… read moreMay 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54618-8 (Routledge)
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Russian Culture in Uzbekistan
One Language in the Middle of Nowhere
Recent political changes in Central Asia, where the United States is replacing Russia as the dominant power, are having a profound effect on Russian speakers…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54573-0 (Routledge)
Post-Conflict Tajikistan
The politics of peacebuilding and the emergence of legitimate order
Post-Soviet, post-conflict Tajikistan is an under-studied and poorly understood case in conflict studies literature. Since 2000, this Central Asian state has seen major political violence…
read moreApril 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48403-9 (Routledge)
Socialist Revolutions in Asia
The Social History of Mongolia in the 20th Century
Contemporary Mongolia is often seen as one of the most open and democratic societies in Asia, undergoing remarkable post-socialist transformation. Although the former ruling party,… read moreJanuary 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-7103-1351-5 (Routledge)
Conflict Transformation in Central Asia
Irrigation disputes in the Ferghana Valley
This book provides the first systematic analysis of peace-building in Central Asia for inter-ethnic conflicts over water and land in the Ferghana Valley based on…
read more2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46725-4 (Routledge)
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Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Providing a wealth of empirical research on the everyday practise of Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia, this book gives a detailed account of how Islam…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49172-3 (Routledge)
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Forthcoming Titles:
Ethnicity and Authority in Central Asia: New Games Great and Small
Edited by Robert Canfield, Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek
To be published June 1st 2010
Securing the Indian Frontier in Central Asia: Confrontation and Negotiation, 1865-1895
By Martin Ewans
To be published April 5th 2010
Political Islam in Central Asia: The challenge of Hizb ut-Tahrir
By Emmanuel Karagiannis
To be published December 2nd 2009
Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
Edited by Indra Overland, Heidi Kjaernet, Andrea Kendall-Taylor
To be published November 27th 2009