![]() | State Erosion: Unlootable Resources and Unruly Elites in Central Asia Subjects: Tajikistan -- Politics and government -- 1991–; Uzbekistan -- Politics and government -- 1991–; Failed states -- Tajikistan; Natural resources -- Political aspects -- Tajikistan; Natural resources -- Political aspects -- Uzbekistan; Elite (Social sciences; State failure is a central challenge to international peace and security in the post-Cold War era. Yet theorizing on the causes of state failure remains surprisingly limited. In State Erosion, Lawrence P. Markowitz draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Central Asian republics--Tajikistan, where state institutions fragmented into a five-year civil war from 1992 through 1997, and Uzbekistan, which constructed one of the largest state security apparatuses in post-Soviet Eurasia--to advance a theory of state failure focused on unlootable resources, rent seeking, and unruly elites. Lawrence P. Markowitz is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rowan University. |
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