Turkmenistan: Strategies of Power, Dilemmas of Development: Strategies of Power, Dilemmas of Development / Edition 1

by Sebastien Peyrouse

Overview

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary Turkmenistan in English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765632036
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/15/2012
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 Old Territory, Multiple Influences, New Nation; Chapter 1 Turkmen Territory: Unity and Diversity; Chapter 2 From Antiquity to the Khanates: A History of Fits and Starts; Chapter 3 The Impact of Russian-Soviet Modernization; Chapter 4 The Building of the Turkmen Nation; Part 2 Post-Soviet Technologies of Power; Chapter 5 An Independence Marked by Niyazov’s Authoritarian Rule; Chapter 6 Culture and Religion: The Issues of Reconstruction; Chapter 7 Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov: Illusion of a Khrushchevian Thaw?; Part 3 Development Challenges and Strategies; Chapter 8 Turkmenistan from the Inside: Social and Economic Evolutions; Chapter 9 The Future “Kuwait of Central Asia”?; Chapter 10 Finding Its Place on the International Stage; concl Conclusions;