1st Edition

Turkmenistan: Strategies of Power, Dilemmas of Development Strategies of Power, Dilemmas of Development

By Sebastien Peyrouse Copyright 2012
    264 Pages
    by Routledge

    264 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary Turkmenistan in English.

    Part 1 Old Territory, Multiple Influences, New Nation; Chapter 1 Turkmen Territory: Unity and Diversity; Chapter 2 From Antiquity to the Khanates: A History of Fits and Starts; Chapter 3 The Impact of Russian-Soviet Modernization; Chapter 4 The Building of the Turkmen Nation; Part 2 Post-Soviet Technologies of Power; Chapter 5 An Independence Marked by Niyazov’s Authoritarian Rule; Chapter 6 Culture and Religion: The Issues of Reconstruction; Chapter 7 Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov: Illusion of a Khrushchevian Thaw?; Part 3 Development Challenges and Strategies; Chapter 8 Turkmenistan from the Inside: Social and Economic Evolutions; Chapter 9 The Future “Kuwait of Central Asia”?; Chapter 10 Finding Its Place on the International Stage; concl Conclusions;

    Biography

    Peyrouse, Sebastien