ISBN:
9780415742412
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (163 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in Central Asian studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Power, Networks and Violent Conflict in Central Asia : A Comparison of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
DDC:
303.609586
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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 country had a peaceful transition.Examining this empirical puzzle by isolating the crucial factors that caused war to break out in Tajikistan but not Uzbekistan, this book applies a powerful comparative a
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; A note on transliteration; 1 Introduction; Summary of the argument; An interactive approach; Methodology; Plan of the book; 2 The cases of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in light of theories and explanations of violent conflict; Social and political structure and history; Theoretical approaches to violent conflict; Evaluation of the factors emphasized by these theories in the examples of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Description / Table of Contents:
Other factors found influential in the occurrence of violent conflict in literature on civil warSpecific factors stated in the literature on the Tajikistan civil war; 3 Political power networks; Regional identities in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan; Reinforcement of regional identities and formation of elite networks by Soviet policies; The distribution of government positions and party posts among the political elites according to regional origin; Elite networks: region and beyond; 4 Transitional context, events and processes; Purges in Uzbekistan; Ethnic clashes
Description / Table of Contents:
February 1990 events in TajikistanKarimov's rise to power in Uzbekistan; Policies toward Islam and nationalism during the Soviet period; Nationalist issues which emerged during the glasnost period; Opposition movements; The August 1991 coup and its repercussions in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan; The post-coup period in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan; 5 Network establishment, network activation and violence specialists; The role of network-establishing mediators; Network activations during demonstrations in Dushanbe; The National Guard and the activation of violence specialists
Description / Table of Contents:
A war of regional animosities?Cracks within the Khujand elite; Regionalization of the conflict; How do ordinary people get involved and why do they fight?; 6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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