Conflict, Cleavage, and Change in Central Asia and the Caucasus

This volume examines the former Soviet states of Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Karen Dawisha (Edited by), Bruce Parrott (Edited by)

9780521597319, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 June 1997

444 pages
23 x 15.3 x 3 cm, 0.735 kg

'Chapters on Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia provide a systematic analysis of elite politics, factionalism, party and interest group formation, and social and ethnic divisions. Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott contribute theoretical and comparative chapters on post-communist political development. This book provides students and scholars with detailed analysis by leading authorities, plus the latest research data on recent political and economic trends in each country.' Transition Studies Review

Edited by two of the world's leading analysts of post communist politics, this book brings together distinguished specialists on the former Soviet states of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Chapters on Kazakhstan, Kyrkyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, provide a systematic analysis of elite politics, factionalism, party and interest group formation, and social and ethnic groupings. Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott provide theoretical and comparative chapters on post communist political development across the region. This book will provide students and scholars with detailed analysis by leading authorities, plus the latest research data on recent political and economic developments in each country.

1. Introduction: perspectives on postcommunist democratization Bruce Parrott
2. Systemic change and political outcomes Karen Dawisha
Part I. The Caucasus: 3. Political transformations in post-communist Armenia: images and realities Nora Dudwick
4. Azerbaijan's struggle toward democracy Audrey L. Altstadt
5. Democratization in Georgia Darrell Slider
Part II. Central Asia: 6. Democratization and the growth of political participation in Kazakhstan Martha Brill Olcott
7. Kyrgystan: the fate of political liberalization Eugene Huskey
8. Thwarted democratization in Tajikistan Muriel Atkin
9. Turkmenistan: the quest for stability and control Michael Ochs
10. 'Democratization' in Uzbekistan William Fierman
11. Conclusion Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott.

Subject Areas: Political structures: democracy [JPHV]