| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 365 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
International studies in sociology and social anthropology,
0074-8684 ;
v. 92
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International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 92.
0074-8684
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International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 92.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The crisis in IR-theory : towards a critical geopolitics approach -- The geopolitics of power projection in US foreign policy : from colonization to globalization / Mehdi Parvizi Amineh and Henk Houweling -- Caspian energy : oil and gas resources and the global market / Mehdi Parvizi Amineh and Henk Houweling -- Nation-state building in Central Asia : a lost case? / Pinar Akçah -- Political processes in post-Soviet Central Asia / Shirin Akiner -- The economic and social impact of systemic transition in Central Asia and Azerbaijan / Michael Kaser -- Gendered transitions : the impact of the post-Soviet transition on women in Central Asia and the Caucasus / Armine Ishkanian -- Sino-Indian relations : security dilemma, ideological polarization, or cooperation based on "comprehensive security"? / Kurt Radtke -- The US and the EU in CEA : relations with regional powers / Eva Rakel -- Growing tension and the threat of war in the southern Caspian Sea : the unsettled division dispute and regional rivalry / Hooman Peimani -- The "power of water" in a divided Central Asia / Max Spoor and Anatoly Krutow -- A transnational policy for conflict reduction and prevention in the South Caucasus / Robert M. Cutler -- International challenges and domestic preferences in the post-Soviet political transition of Azerbaijan / Ayça Ergun. |
| Summary |
This anthology brings together studies of post-colonial, post-Cold War Central Eurasia. This part of the world is in transition from Soviet institutions to independent statehood, nation building, resistance against state expansion, cultural change and the release of market forces. The theoretical framework of the study is called 'critical geo-politics.' The objective of the work is to better comprehend the nature of the post-colonial 'Great Game'. Part I studies US power projection activity in the region. America is extending its World War II transoceanic 'defense perimeter into the fossile fuel rich area between integrating Europe, recovering Russia and industrializing China. Part II details various aspects of state-nation building and soci-cultural and economic change in the region. Part III studies interactions between outsiders, neighbors and Central Asian Republics. Conflict and cooperation in the Caspian region is studied in part IV, with Aral Sea and Azerbijan as cases. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Post-communism -- Asia, Central.
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Post-communism. |
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Central Asia. |
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Geopolitics -- Asia, Central.
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Geopolitics. |
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Asia, Central.
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Petroleum industry and trade. |
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Asia, Central -- Politics and government -- 1991-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1991- |
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Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- 1991-
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International relations. |
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Asia, Central -- Social conditions -- 1991-
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Social conditions. |
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Asia, Central -- Economic conditions -- 1991-
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1991 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Added Author |
Amineh, Mehdi Parvizi.
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Houweling, Henk.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Central Eurasia in global politics. 2nd ed. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2005 (DLC) 2005042153 |
| ISBN |
9781429453387 (electronic book) |
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1429453389 (electronic book) |
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9789004144392 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004144390 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781433707742 (electronic book) |
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1433707748 (electronic book) |
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9004144390 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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