Central Asian Politics Books

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   The Routledge Atlas of Central Eurasian Affairs

   By Stanley D. Brunn, Stanley W. Toops

   This Atlas provides concisely written entries on the most important current issues in the Central Asia and Eurasia. Offering relevant information on the region’s place in the contemporary political and economic worlds, it includes background topics, the position of the region in...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-49752-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Party System Formation in Kazakhstan: Between Formal and Informal Politics

   By Rico Isaacs

   This book examines a critical issue affecting democratization and regime consolidation processes in former Soviet Central Asia: the relationship between informal forms of patrimonial political relations and behaviour and formal institutional development. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union,...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-59023-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Religion and Security in South and Central Asia

   Edited by K. Warikoo

   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...

   October 2010 | 978-0-415-57590-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. The European Union and Central Asia

   Edited by Alexander Warkotsch

   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,...

   October 2010 | 978-0-415-56236-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Ethnicity, Authority and Power in Central Asia: New Games Great and Small

   Edited by Robert L. Canfield, Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek

   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...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-78069-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia

   By Mariya Y. Omelicheva

   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...

   August 2010 | 978-0-415-77981-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Democratization and the European Union: Comparing Central and Eastern European Post-Communist Countries

   Edited by Leonardo Morlino, Wojciech Sadurski

   This book examines in depth the impact of the EU on aspects of the quality of democracy in eight selected post-communist countries. Considering both the political and legal aspects of the dynamics among institutions and focussing on inter-institutional accountability, the book analyses how...

   April 2010 | 978-0-415-56044-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Symbolism and Power in Central Asia: Politics of the Spectacular

   Edited by Sally Cummings

   With the collapse of communism, post-communist societies scrambled to find meaning to their new independence. Central Asia was no exception. Events, relationships, gestures, spatial units and objects produced, conveyed and interpreted meaning. The new power container of the five independent states...

   March 2010 | 978-0-415-57567-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Statebuilding and Justice Reform: Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Afghanistan

   By Matteo Tondini

   The book provides an updated account of justice reform in Afghanistan, which started in the wake of the US-led military intervention of 2001. In particular, it focuses on the role of international actors and their interaction with local stakeholders, highlighting some provisional results, together...

   February 2010 | 978-0-415-55894-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

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

    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...

    December 2009 | 978-0-415-54916-5 | Hardback (Routledge)