[Bilimsel Haber] PUBL.- Towards Social Stability & Democratic Governance in Central Eurasia

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PUBL.- Towards Social Stability & Democratic Governance in Central Eurasia

Towards Social Stability and Democratic Governance in Central Eurasia:
Challenges to Regional Security.
Morozova, I. (ed.)
NATO Science Series, IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2005.
ISBN 1-58603-545-2

Contributors: Andrey Fursov, Jacques Legrand, Catherine Poujol, Irina Morozova,
Alisher Ilkhamov, Paul Geiss, Robert Cutler, Michael Kaser, Leonid Friedman,
Martin Spechler, Elena Sadovskaya, Nazim Imanov, Nina Dyulgerova, Farkhod
Tolipov.

Through migrations, invasions, trade and cultural exchange, developments in
Central Eurasia (the nine Central Eurasian states - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia)
have, for millennia, impacted upon the history of both Europe and Asia. For the
last three hundred years, Central Eurasia has been the stage upon which great
empires clashed. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Central Eurasia
has once again emerged as a region of geo-political concern.

The new 'centrality' of Central Eurasia brings new security threats: repressive
political regimes and marginalisation of whole groups of the population inflame
conflicts that spill across national borders. Illegal migration and the illicit
production and trade of drugs, territorial disputes, border conflicts and
competition for resources among the Central Eurasian ethnicities are the direct
outcome of social-economic destabilization in Central Eurasia. As a direct
neighbour to the turbulent Middle East, the region is a potential playground for
extremist movements: radical Islamic groups and terrorist organizations.

The book presents scientific discussions on the historical development of
Central Eurasia and its socio-cultural legacies; Soviet and contemporary state
organization, social transformation and communal structures; the current
economic conditions as a precursor to social stability and development; and
geo-political arrangements and political changes over the last two decades.

Contents:

Introduction
Irina Morozova

Part I. Central Eurasian History and Societies in the longue duree Approach

Central Eurasia: Historical Centrality, Geostrategic Condition and Power Model
Legacy
Andrey Fursov

Nomadic Pastoral Societies-the Importance of Compromise in Dealing with Tension,
Conflict and Security
Jacques Legrand

Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Democracy Versus Justice?
Catherine Poujol

Part II. Modern State-Building and Communities in Central Eurasia

Nation-Building in Central Asia: Creating New State Mythologies
Irina Morozova

Post-Soviet Central Asia: From Nationhood Mythologies to Regional Cold Wars?
Alisher Ilkhamov

Regionalism and Statehood in Soviet and Independent Turkmenistan
Paul Georg Geiss

De-Authoritarization in Uzbekistan?: Analysis and Prospects
Robert M. Cutler

Part III. Economic Reform and Social Security

Growth Accounting for Eight Eurasian Economies: Factors Differentiating Future
Prospects from Soviet and Transition Experience
Michael Kaser

Living Standards and National Security of Central Asian Countries
Leonid Friedman

Gradual Economic Reform in Uzbekistan: Two Steps Forwards, One Step Back
Martin C. Spechler

Labour Migration and Its Impact on Social Stability in Central Asia
Elena Y. Sadovskaya

Part IV. Political Development and Prospects for Democratization

Political and Economic Development: Correlation in Southern Caucasus
Nazim Imanov

Georgia-Challenges to Internal Security Through the Prism of External Political
Priorities
Nina Dyulgerova

The Gap between de-jure and de-facto Democratization in Uzbekistan: Nine
Problems of Proto-Democracy
Farkhod Tolipov

Notes on Contributors
Selected Bibliography
Subject Index
Author Index

More information on the publication:

<http://www.iias.nl/iias/show/id=51976>

Contact:

Dr Irina Y. Morozova
International Institute for Asian Studies
Binnen Gasthuis 5
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 237
1012 DL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 - 20 - 525 36 57 (ext. 4566)
Fax: +31 -20 - 525 36 58
E-mail: irmoroz@yahoo.co.uk or imorozova@fmg.uva.nl




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