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Central Asia Research Forum
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Turkmenistan’s Foreign Policy
Positive Neutrality and the consolidation of the Turkmen Regime
Turkmenistan, an independent nation since 1991, is a strategically important Central Asian state. This book covers the most significant period of the establishment of the...
ISBN: 978-0-415-45440-7 | Published July 24th 2008 by Routledge.
more information about Turkmenistan’s Foreign PolicyThe Political Economy of Reform in Central Asia
Uzbekistan under Authoritarianism
This book examines the economic reforms and material progress made since the Central Asian republics became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991. Without some...
ISBN: 978-0-415-77554-0 | Published April 29th 2008 by Routledge.
more information about The Political Economy of Reform in Central AsiaThe Economics and Politics of Oil in the Caspian Basin
The Redistribution of Oil Revenues in Azerbaijan and Central Asia
The Caspian Basin region has boomed since the late 1990s due to new oil discoveries, new pipelines that have diversified countries' transport options and world...
ISBN: 978-0-415-43410-2 | Published August 20th 2007 by Routledge.
more information about The Economics and Politics of Oil in the Caspian BasinThe Politics of Knowledge in Central Asia
Science between Marx and the Market
Through careful historical and ethnographic research and extensive use of local scholarly works, this book provides a persuasive and careful analysis of the production of...
ISBN: 978-0-415-41334-3 | Published April 20th 2007 by Routledge.
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Economic Development in Kazakhstan
The Role of Large Enterprises and Foreign Investment
Economic Development in Kazakhstan traces the role of large enterprises in the economy of Kazakhstan, their development through 70 years of socialism and their privatization...ISBN: 978-0-415-31546-3 | Published November 20th 2003 by Routledge.
more information about Economic Development in KazakhstanProspects for Pastoralism in Kazakstan and Turkmenistan
From State Farms to Private Flocks
This collection traces how pastoralists have coped with the challenges of change in a part of the world with a long-tradition of livestock keeping....ISBN: 978-0-7007-1699-9 | Published November 20th 2003 by Routledge.
more information about Prospects for Pastoralism in Kazakstan and TurkmenistanThe Life of Alimqul
A Native Chronicle of Nineteenth Century Central Asia
This work studies a narrative devoted to the history of the Kokand Khanate, a state that played a great role in Central Asian history in...ISBN: 978-0-7007-1114-7 | Published July 10th 2003 by Routledge.
more information about The Life of AlimqulMuslim Reformist Political Thought
Revivalists, Modernists and Free Will
There are two main trends distinguishable amongst Muslim reformists - revivalists and modernists. This book charts and analyses the main trends of Muslim reformist political...ISBN: 978-0-7007-1237-3 | Published March 20th 2003 by Routledge.
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Islam and Colonialism
Western Perspectives on Soviet Asia
Tracing the development of western thought about Central Asia, this book argues that for historical and political reasons, Central Asia was seen as being in...ISBN: 978-0-7007-1765-1 | Published September 12th 2002 by Routledge.
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Azeri Women in Transition
Women in Soviet and Post-Soviet Azerbaijan
This study of women and gender in a Muslim society draws on archival and literary sources as well as the life stories of women of...ISBN: 978-0-7007-1662-3 | Published June 20th 2002 by Routledge.
more information about Azeri Women in TransitionSustainable Development in Central Asia
This book is the result of a pioneering conference held in Ulaan Baatar in September 1994. The first Conference on the Sustainable Development of Central...ISBN: 978-0-7007-0419-4 | Published September 14th 1998 by Routledge.
more information about Sustainable Development in Central AsiaTajikistan
The Trials of Independence
Since its independence in 1991 Tajikistan has suffered a painful series of political crises followed by a civil war, still continuing, whose repercussions extend far...ISBN: 978-0-7007-0420-0 | Published January 27th 1998 by Routledge.
more information about TajikistanQaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongol State In Central Asia
Qaidu (1236-1301), one of the great rebels in the history of the Mongol Empire, was the grandson of Ogedei, the son Genghis Khan had chosen...ISBN: 978-0-7007-0631-0 | Published December 11th 1997 by Routledge.
more information about Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongol State In Central AsiaUzbekistan on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century
Tradition and Survival
This new study by its president of Uzbekistan's special opportunities and challenges as it faces the 21st century will be of interest to strategists, politicians...ISBN: 978-0-7007-1045-4 | Published September 22nd 1997 by Routledge.
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