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Shifting Security and Power Constellations in Central Asia and the Caucasus
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- Transformation, Development, and Regionalization in Greater Asia, Volume 17
- Publisher:
- 15.04.2024
Summary
This book provides an up-to-date overview of contemporary Central Eurasian politics, identifies key issues, trends and transformation paths in this respect, and analyses the conceptual foundations of security and power in the region. Key topics include autocratic proliferation and regime security in Central Asia, the strategic situation in Afghanistan, China's changing role in Central Asian security, governance problems in Kyrgyzstan as a rentier state and the destructive role of internal security services in the context of democratic transition in Armenia, e-justice and cyber security in Kyrgyzstan, and the politics of authoritarian neoliberalism and labour resistance in Kazakhstan. With contributions bySerik Beimenbetov | Marie-Sophie Borchelt Camêlo | Shalva Dzebisashvili | Aziz Elmuradov | Bradley Jardine | Edward Lemon | Aliia Maralbaeva | Zumrat Sanakulova | Aijan Sharshenova | Farkhod Tolipov | Akram Umarov | Aitbay Zhansaya
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Bibliographic data
- Publication year
- 2024
- Publication date
- 15.04.2024
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-7560-0733-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-7489-1827-1
- Publisher
- Nomos, Baden-Baden
- Series
- Transformation, Development, and Regionalization in Greater Asia
- Volume
- 17
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 210
- Product type
- Edited Book
Table of contents
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- Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis Pages 1 - 8 Download chapter (PDF)
- Introduction: Shifting Security and Power Constellations in Central Asia and the Caucasus Pages 9 - 16 Marie-Sophie Borchelt Camêlo, Aziz Elmuradov Download chapter (PDF)
- Aijan Sharshenova Download chapter (PDF)
- Introduction Download chapter (PDF)
- Research on Autocratic Polities Download chapter (PDF)
- Research on Authoritarianism Download chapter (PDF)
- Central Asian authoritarianism Download chapter (PDF)
- Political context in Central Asia Download chapter (PDF)
- Why are Central Asian regimes autocratic? Download chapter (PDF)
- Russia as a trend-setter in the region Download chapter (PDF)
- Polity diffusion and regime security in Central Asia Download chapter (PDF)
- Legislative copy-paste Download chapter (PDF)
- Security cooperation Download chapter (PDF)
- Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
- Edward Lemon, Bradley Jardine Download chapter (PDF)
- Introduction Download chapter (PDF)
- Hierarchy and Order in Central Asia Download chapter (PDF)
- The Evolution of China’s Security Interests in Central Asia Download chapter (PDF)
- China’s Expanding Security Cooperation in Central Asia Download chapter (PDF)
- Bases and Border Security Download chapter (PDF)
- Security Cooperation, Training, and Capacity Building Download chapter (PDF)
- Arms and Technology Transfers Download chapter (PDF)
- Multilateral Frameworks Download chapter (PDF)
- Negotiating Hegemony: Central Asia’s Multi-Vector Defense Diplomacy Download chapter (PDF)
- Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
- Farkhad Tolipov Download chapter (PDF)
- Introduction Download chapter (PDF)
- War and Peace Controversies Download chapter (PDF)
- Tashkent’s idealistic pacifism and realistic preparedness Download chapter (PDF)
- Conceptual Dilemmas Download chapter (PDF)
- Strategic communication Download chapter (PDF)
- Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
- Postscript Download chapter (PDF)
- Akram Umarov Download chapter (PDF)
- Introduction Download chapter (PDF)
- Theoretical framework: rentier state theory, unearned income and resilience Download chapter (PDF)
- Rent sources in Kyrgyzstan, their impact on governance and democratization Download chapter (PDF)
- Rent sources and their calculation Download chapter (PDF)
- Implications for governance and democratization Download chapter (PDF)
- Examples of government ineffectiveness and rent-seeking behavior Download chapter (PDF)
- Findings of the analysis Download chapter (PDF)
- Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
- Aliia Maralbaeva Download chapter (PDF)
- Introduction Download chapter (PDF)
- Architecture of e-justice in Kyrgyzstan: a brief outline Download chapter (PDF)
- E-justice and openness of the courts in the digital era: main findings Download chapter (PDF)
- E-justice and Access to Information in Criminal Proceedings: The Case of Domestic Violence Download chapter (PDF)
- Balancing Openness of the Courts and Data Protection in the Digital Era Download chapter (PDF)
- Cyber security and e-justice Download chapter (PDF)
- Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
- Acknowledgments Download chapter (PDF)
- Shalva Dzebisashvili, Lia Evoyan Download chapter (PDF)
- Introduction Download chapter (PDF)
- Methodology and structure Download chapter (PDF)
- Early democratization and the approach to (internal) security Download chapter (PDF)
- Power of the Siloviki before 1998 Download chapter (PDF)
- In the service of the (heads of) state Download chapter (PDF)
- Promise of change and unchanged security practices Download chapter (PDF)
- Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
- Serik Beimenbetov, Zumrat Sanakulova, Zhansaya Aitbay Download chapter (PDF)
- Introduction Download chapter (PDF)
- Neoliberal transformation and the oil sector: all pain, no gain! Download chapter (PDF)
- Dynamic of labor insurgency in the oil sector Download chapter (PDF)
- Trade Unions in the Kazakh oil sector: from cooptation to incapacitation Download chapter (PDF)
- Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
