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Author : Asian Development Bank. Environment Division
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Asia
ISBN : UCSD:31822027921964
Author : Tom Everett-Heath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135798239
Examines the transition Central Asia underwent in the twentieth century following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Soviet colonial legacy and the attempts of new states to build secular states within the radical Islamic world.
Author : Amanda E Wooden,Christoph H. Stefes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134207459
Most books on the Caucasus and Central Asia are country-by-country studies. This book, on the other hand, fills a gap in Central Eurasian studies as one of the few comparative case study books on Central Eurasia, covering both the Caucasus and Central Asia; it considers key themes right across the two regions highlighting both political change and continuity. Comparative case study chapters, written by regional experts from a variety of methodological backgrounds, provide historical context, and evaluate Soviet political legacies and emerging policy outcomes. Key topics include: the varied types and sources of authoritarianism; political opposition and protest politics; predetermined outcomes of post-Soviet economic choices; social and stability impacts of natural resource wealth; variations in educational reform; international norm influence on gender policy and the power of human rights activists. Overall, the book provides a thorough, up-to-date overview of what is increasingly becoming a significant area of concern.
Author : Boris Z. Rumer
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1563247666
Explores the complex and intertwined problems of geopolitics and economic transition of the five new countries that inherited from the Soviet Union the strategic positions and rich natural resources of Central Asia. Economists and political scientists from the region offer their sometimes opposing views of the situation, what led to it, and how to deal with it, some focusing on a particular country and some considering the region as a whole. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Boris Z. Rumer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315497594
For better or worse, the former Soviet republics of Central Asia have largely completed their post-independence transitions. Over more than a decade, they have established themselves as independent states whose internal regimes and external relations have characteristic patterns and vulnerabilities both individually and as a group. The purpose of this volume is to assess both what has been accomplished and the trends of development in the region, especially its leading states. How sound are the foundations of this "bulwark against the spread of terrorism" in Eurasia?
Author : Asian Development Bank. Environment Division
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015043181620
Author : Rahat Sabyrbekov,Indra Overland,Roman Vakulchuk
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031298318
This open access book explores climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation in Central Asia and discusses policy options for the Central Asian governments. To address the urgent need for local scholarship on climate change in Central Asia, and in particular the need for more research by social scientists, this book features a wide range of contributions on climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation in the region. Each chapter makes an important contribution to social science scholarship on climate change and decarbonization in Central Asia. Topics include decarbonization opportunities, carbon pricing instruments, the geo-economics of the energy transition, the relationship between human mobility and climate change. The book thus offers valuable insights for both academics and policymakers.
Author : Eric W. Sievers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317793366
Sievers draws on his experience of Central Asia to take on the task of explaining the remarkable economic declines of the post-Soviet Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) in the past decade, and the turn of these states towards despotism.
Author : Hermann Kreutzmann,Teiji Watanabe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319231983
By emphasizing on the Pamir region a comprehensive overview of path-dependent and recent developments in a remote mountain region is provided in this book. Overall neglect in the mountainous periphery is contrasted by shifting the centre of attention to the Pamirs situated at the interface between South and Central Asia. From colonial times to now there has been a debate on grasping and locating the area. Here field-work based contributions are collected to provide a variety of perspectives on the Pamirs highlighting transformation and transition in Post-Soviet societies as well as in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The similar ecological environment across borders features the common ground while analyzing development processes in a set of case studies that aim at highlighting certain aspects of regional development.
Author : Martha Brill Olcott
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780870032875
A leading authority on Central Asia offers a sweeping review of the region's path from independence to the post-9/11 world. The first decade of Central Asian independence was disappointing for those who envisioned a straightforward transition from Soviet republics to independent states with market economies and democratic political systems. Leaders excused political failures by pointing to security risks, including the presence of terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. The situation changed dramatically after 9/11, when the camps were largely destroyed and the United States introduced a military presence. More importantly the international community engaged with these states to give them a "second chance" to address social and economic problems. But neither the aid-givers nor the recipients were willing to approach problems in new ways. Now, terrorists groups are once again making their presence felt and some states may be becoming global security risks. This book explores how the region squandered its second chance and what might happen next.
Author : Alan Cranston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000020343446
Author : Igor Jelen,Angelija Bučienė,Francesco Chiavon,Tommaso Silvestri,Katie Louise Forrest
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030612665
This book provides a profound geographical description and analysis of Central Asia. The authors take a synthetic approach in a period of critical transformation in the post-soviet time. The monograph analyzes comprehensively the physical and human geography as well as human-nature interactions of Central Asia with focus on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Natural processes are described at a systemic scale, focusing on ecological impacts and consequences and contemporary human adaptations and organization. It also discusses in which ways the human organizations try to apply solutions for their needs such as security, territorial management and resources renewability, material and functional needs, identity elaborations, culture and communication. The Geography of Central Asia appeals to scientists and students of regional geography and interested academics from other areas such as social, political, economic and environmental studies within the context of Central Asia. The book is also a very useful resource for field trips into this area.
Author : Boris Z. Rumer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : 1315497611
Author : Pauline Jones Luong
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501731334
With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, former Communist Party leaders in Central Asia were faced with the daunting task of building states where they previously had not existed: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Their task was complicated by the institutional and ideological legacy of the Soviet system as well as by a more actively engaged international community. These nascent states inherited a set of institutions that included bloated bureaucracies, centralized economic planning, and patronage networks. Some of these institutions survived, others have mutated, and new institutions have been created. Experts on Central Asia here examine the emerging relationship between state actors and social forces in the region. Through the prism of local institutions, the authors reassess both our understanding of Central Asia and of the state-building process more broadly. They scrutinize a wide array of institutional actors, ranging from regional governments and neighborhood committees to transnational and non-governmental organizations. With original empirical research and theoretical insight, the volume's contributors illuminate an obscure but resource-rich and strategically significant region.
Author : Rattan Lal,M. Suleimenov,B.A. Stewart,D.O. Hansen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780203932698
This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia. The themes treated include: biophysical environments, water resources, sustainable agriculture, soil degradation, the effects of irrigation schemes on secondary salinization, soil management and its relationship to carbon dynamics; the relationship between f
