Central Asia--foundations of change
By: by R.D. McChesney.
Series: The Leon B. Poullada memorial lecture series
Publisher: Darwin Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Asia, Central -- History -- 1991-
Other titles: Central Asia
Description: Since the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989 and the subsequent break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, Central Asia has been undergoing considerable political, social, and economic change. In a Leon B. Poullada Memorial Lecture delivered at Princeton University in 1993, R. D. McChesney examined the historical roots of a number of the issues confronting the region today.

Here, in a revised version of the lectures, he presents some of Central Asia's enduring realities and the institutions that have been found to best address them. There are four overlapping contexts: geographical/spatial, economic, social, and political. He discusses the way in which problems and issues within these four contexts have been perceived and articulated and how different, particularly "Central Asian," ways of coping with those issues have evolved.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index.