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The Soviet Legacy in Central Asia

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. John Glenn

    1. Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • John Glenn
    Pages 1-8

  3. The South’s ‘Insecurity Dilemma’

    • John Glenn
    Pages 9-21

  4. Ethnicity, Nationalism and Nation-Building

    • John Glenn
    Pages 22-46

  5. Pre-Revolutionary Identities in Central Asia

    • John Glenn
    Pages 47-72

  6. The Redrawing of Boundaries: Soviet ‘Official Nationalism’

    • John Glenn
    Pages 73-102

  7. Contemporary Central Asia

    • John Glenn
    Pages 103-132

  8. Iron Fist or Velvet Revolution?

    • John Glenn
    Pages 133-150

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 151-198
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This book analyses the new pattern of security concerns of the Central Asian successor states. This region is said to encompass Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Kirghizstan and Turkmenistan. The main contention of the book is that the security problems of these states are similar to those that faced other 'Third World' countries after they attained independence. That is, due to the arbitrary creation of these states by external powers they lack a certain degree of societal cohesiveness arising from the fact that several ethnic communities reside within their borders. It is this so-called 'insecurity dilemma' of each of the Central Asian states that is therefore examined.

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...a fine introduction to the ethical and cultural divisions that threathen state stability in contemporary Central Asia. Journal of Asian Studies

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  • Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton, UK

    John Glenn

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John Glenn is Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton.

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