Central Asian Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. International Politics and National Political Regimes

   Promoting Democracy – Promoting Autocracy

   Edited by Peter Burnell, Oliver Schlumberger

   There is much speculation about whether democracy is still advancing around the world and the influence that leading authoritarian or semi-authoritarian regimes such as Russia are starting to have on the trends. This collection assesses global trends in democratisation, reviews the condition of...

   Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge
2. Caspian Energy Politics

   Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

   Edited by Indra Overland, Heidi Kjaernet, Andrea Kendall-Taylor

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   Caspian Energy Politics analyses the role of oil and gas in the development of the three main petroleum exporters in the Caspian region - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - and how energy resources influence interactions with semi-authoritarian Russia and China. Due to volatile commodity...

   Published August 3rd 2011 by Routledge
3. Statebuilding in Afghanistan

   Multinational Contributions to Reconstruction

   Edited by Nik Hynek, Péter Marton

   Series: Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding

   This edited volume empirically maps and theorises NATO-ISAF’s contribution to peacebuilding and reconstruction in Afghanistan. The book provides a contextual framework of the NATO participation in Afghanistan; it offers an outline of the security situation in Afghanistan and discusses geopolitical,...

   Published July 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. Political Islam in Central Asia

   The challenge of Hizb ut-Tahrir

   By Emmanuel Karagiannis

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   The terrorist attacks in the United States on 9/11 and the U.S.-led military campaign against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan have intensified scrutiny of radical Islamic groups across Central Asia. This books offers one of the first comprehensive studies of the activities of one of the most...

   Published April 10th 2011 by Routledge
5. Green Activism in Post-Socialist Europe and the Former Soviet Union

   Edited by Adam Fagan, JoAnn Carmin

   Green activism played a critical role in the downfall of Soviet-style communism in Eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s. After the revolutions, environmentalists were expected to exert influence within the new democracies and to form the bedrock of the new civil societies that were predicted to...

   Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
6. Party System Formation in Kazakhstan

   Between Formal and Informal Politics

   By Rico Isaacs

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asian states have developed liberal-constitutional formal institutions. However, at the same time, political phenomena in Central Asia are shaped by informal political behaviour and relations. This relationship is now a critical issue affecting...

   Published March 20th 2011 by Routledge
7. Religion and Security in South and Central Asia

   Edited by K. Warikoo

   Series: Central Asia Research Forum

   Religion and security play an important role in traditional societies. In South and Central Asia, traditional and moderate Islamic beliefs and practices with strong indigenous and Sufi content are diametrically opposed to radical Wahabi and Taliban brands of Islam intolerant of other cultures and...

   Published October 24th 2010 by Routledge
8. The European Union and Central Asia

   Edited by Alexander Warkotsch

   Series: Routledge Advances in Central Asian Studies

   In June 2007, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted The EU in Central Asia: Strategy for a New Partnership, highlighting the growing importance of Central Asia to the EU. This book examines the EU's policy towards the five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,...

   Published October 20th 2010 by Routledge
9. Ethnicity, Authority, and Power in Central Asia

   New Games Great and Small

   Edited by Robert L. Canfield, Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   The peoples of Greater Central Asia – not only Inner Asian states of Soviet Union but also those who share similar heritages in adjacent countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran, and the Chinese province of Xinjiang – have been drawn into more direct and immediate contact since the Soviet...

   Published September 7th 2010 by Routledge
10. Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia

    By Mariya Y. Omelicheva

    Series: Central Asian Studies

    During the last two decades, Central Asian states have witnessed an intense revival of Islamic faith. Along with its moderate and traditional forms, radical and militant Islam has infiltrated communities of Muslims in Central Asia. Alarmed by the border incursions, sporadic terrorist violence and...

    Published July 28th 2010 by Routledge