1st Edition

Power, Networks and Violent Conflict in Central Asia A Comparison of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

By Idil Tunçer-Kılavuz Copyright 2014
162 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

When the five Central Asian republics gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, expectations of violent conflict were widespread. Indeed, the country of Tajikistan suffered a five-year civil war from 1992 to 1997. The factors that the literature on civil wars in general and on the Tajikistan civil war in particular cites as the causes of war were also present in Uzbekistan – but this... Read more

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Cases of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

in Light of Theories and Explanations of

Violent Conflict

Chapter 3 Political Power Networks

Chapter 4 Transitional Context, Events and Processes

Chapter 5 Network Establishment, Network Activation

and Violence Specialists

Chapter 6 Conclusion

Biography

İdil Tunçer Kılavuz is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science in Istanbul Medeniyet University. She received her Ph.D. from Indiana University in 2007. She has articles published in journals including Europe-Asia Studies, Nationalities Papers and Central Asian Survey. Her research interests include identity, conflict, violent conflict, nationalism, ethnicity, regime changes, democratization, and social movements.