ISBN:
0-8133-1835-1
,
978-0-8133-1835-6
,
0-8133-1594-8
,
978-0-8133-1594-2
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 220 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Westview Series on the Post-Soviet Republics
Keywords:
Zentral-Asien Sowjet-Union, ehemalige
;
Kasachstan
;
Kirgisien
;
Tadschikistan
;
Turkmenistan
;
Usbekistan
;
Geschichte, vorkoloniale
;
Sowjet-Union
;
USA
;
Geschichte, nachkoloniale
;
Identität
;
Landwirtschaft
;
Demokratisierung
;
Recht, modernes
;
Islam
;
Wasserwirtschaft
;
Karimov, Islom O. [Leben und Werk]
Abstract:
The lands of Central Asia are united by a common history and historical identity as well as by common traditions. A heritage of tribal mountain and steppe confederations and oasis emirates gave way in the Soviet period to the creation of artificial nation-states in the heart of Asia. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, these nations — Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tojikiston, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekiston — were thrust back into the international community as separate countries. Independence came as had bondage to Soviet power seven decades earlier — it was imposed from without. These new states are now struggling with the cultural, economic, and political transformations of decolonization and independence.Exploring the forces of change in the new Central Asian states, Gregory Gleason analyzes their culture, their economic evolution, and their political institutions. He carefully traces the incorporation of Central Asia into the Soviet system, the region`s path of development under socialism, and the vicissitudes of the economic and political collapse of socialism, before considering the trajectories of the new states as they chart their independent futures.
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Tables and Illustrations -- Preface -- A Note on Languages in Central Asia -- 1 New States and Ancient Societies. Independence and Freedom. The Many Faces of Central Asia. The End of Empire. To Become a Nation. The Future and the Past. Notes -- 2. Legacies of Central Asia. Geography and Destiny. Central Asian Heritage. The Meaning of Hurmat. Kinship, Culture, and Worship. Language and Identity. Notes -- 3. The Soviet Socialist Republics of Central Asia. Development and Russification in the Kazak Republic. "Kirgizia": Soviet Mountain Outpost. "Tadzhikistan": Across the Cultural Divide. "Turkmenia": Soviet Borderland. Party Fiefdom in Uzbekiston. Central Asia and the Demise of the USSR. Notes -- 4. Central Asian States Emergent. Asian Liberalism in Kazakstan. Kazakstan: The Road to a Market Economy. The Democratic Experiment in Kyrgyzstan. The Democratic Experiment Goes Awry. Tojikiston: Land Between Two Worlds. Tojikiston in Flames. Turkmenistan: A Central Asian Sultanate. Authoritarian Populism in Uzbekiston. Tides of Uzbek Hegemony. Notes -- 5. Central Asia and the World. The "Great Game" Revisited. Russia and Central Asia. Russia and Oil. Central Asia's Neighbors. The United States and Central Asia. Foreign Assistance to Central Asia. Agriculture, Land, Water, and the Environment. Notes -- 6. Transition in Asia. The Gathering Authority of Islam. Good Government and the Rule of Law. Central Asia Today and Tomorrow. Notes -- Chronology -- Sources
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 205-209
Permalink
