1st Edition
The Political Economy of Reform in Central Asia Uzbekistan under Authoritarianism
1. Geographical and Historical Introduction – From the Beginnings of Turkic Settlement to Russian Conquest. Religious and Language Background Explored 2. The Soviet Legacy – Uzbekistan’s Social Progress under a Colonial, Communist Regime, 1917-91 3. The "Uzbek Road" to Economic Reforms 4. Growth, Income, and Social Consumption 5. Human Rights in Uzbekistan and its Central Asian Neighbors 6. Comparisons with Central Asian Neighboring States [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan] 7. Energy in Central Asia 8. International Economic Relations in Central Asia 9. Conclusion
Biography
Martin C. Spechler is Professor of Economics, IUPUI, and affiliate of the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana University. He has worked as consultant and researcher for the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Global Development Network, and USAID. Author of more than 100 articles, he is an editor of Comparative Economic Studies.
"Recommended. General readers, upper-division undergraduate students and above." - CHOICE, April 2009 Vol. 46 No. 08
"...the volume offers valuable insights into the reasoning behind Uzbekistan's economic reform program, as well as statistical data...Spechler's concluding observations on the region's economic development as a whole are useful and worth of further study." - Roger D. Kangas, National Defense University
