Description: Understanding Central AsiaPolitics and Contested Transformations Author(s): Sally N. Cummings Format: Paperback Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom Imprint: Routledge ISBN-13: 9780415297035, 978-0415297035 Synopsis Since Soviet collapse, the independent republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have faced tremendous political, economic, and security challenges. Focusing on these five republics, this textbook analyzes the contending understandings of the politics of the past, present and future transformations of Central Asia, including its place in international security and world politics. Analysing the transformation that independence has brought and tracing the geography, history, culture, identity, institutions and economics of Central Asia, it locates 'the political' in the region. A comprehensive examination of the politics of Central Asia, this insightful book is of interest both to undergraduate and graduate students of Asian Politics, Post-Communist Politics, Comparative Politics and International Relations, and to scholars and professionals in the region.
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Book Title: Understanding Central Asia
Number of Pages: 244 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Understanding Central Asia: Politics and Contested Transformations
Publisher: Taylor & Francis LTD
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Education
Item Height: 234 mm
Item Weight: 386 g
Type: Study Guide
Author: Sally N. Cummings
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Paperback
