 | The Politics of Transition in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Enduring Legacies and Emerging Challenges Subjects: Area Studies; Geography; Humanities; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Asian Studies; Central Asian Russian & Eastern European Studies; European Studies; Asian Politics; Comparative Politics; International Political Economy; Human Geography; Religion; European Politics; Public Administration & Management; Sociology & Social Policy; Central Asian Studies; Political Geography; Islam - Religion; Eastern European Politics; Russian & Soviet Politics; Public Policy; Political Sociology; Asian Studies (General); Most books on the Caucasus and Central Asia are country-by-country studies. This book, on the other hand, fills a gap in Central Eurasian studies as one of the few comparative case study books on Central Eurasia, covering both the Caucasus and Central Asia; it considers key themes right across the two regions highlighting both political change and continuity. Comparative case study chapters, written by regional experts from a variety of methodological backgrounds, provide historical context, and evaluate Soviet political legacies and emerging policy outcomes. Key topics include: the varied types and sources of authoritarianism; political opposition and protest politics; predetermined outcomes of post-Soviet economic choices; social and stability impacts of natural resource wealth; variations in educational reform; international norm influence on gender policy and the power of human rights activists. Overall, the book provides a thorough, up-to-date overview of what is increasingly becoming a significant area of concern. Amanda E. Wooden is Assistant Professor of Environmental Politics & Policy at Bucknell University. Her research specializations are environmental security, environmental and energy policymaking, and water politics in Central Eurasia. In 2006-07, she served as Economic and Environmental Field Officer in Osh, Kyrgyzstan for the OSCE.nbsp; Christoph H. Stefes is Associate Professor of Comparative European & Post-Soviet Studies at the University of Colorado, Denver. His research focuses on political and economic developments in the South Caucasus. He is the author of Understanding Post-Soviet Transition: Corruption, Collusion and Clientelism. |
