Clan politics and regime transition in Central Asia
By: Kathleen Collins.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Clans -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Social conditions -- 1917-1991; Asia, Central -- Social conditions -- 1991-; Asia, Central -- Politics and government -- 1991-; Soviet Union -- Relations -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Relations -- Soviet Union; Asia, Central -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to political development and transition in Central Asia; title: Clan politics and regime transition in Central Asia : a framework for understanding politics in clan-based societies; title: Colonialism to Stalinism: the dynamic between clans and the state; title: The informal politics of Central Asia: from Brezhnev through Gorbachev; title: Transition from above or below? (1990-1991); title: Central Asia's transition (1991-1995); title: Central Asia's regime transformation (1995-2004): part I; title: Central Asia's regime transformation (1995-2004): part II; title: Positive and negative political trajectories in clan-based societies; title: Conclusions.