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1. Symbolism and Power in Central Asia

   Politics of the Spectacular

   Edited by Sally Cummings

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   With the collapse of communism, post-communist societies scrambled to find meaning to their new independence. Central Asia was no exception. Events, relationships, gestures, spatial units and objects produced, conveyed and interpreted meaning. The new power container of the five independent states...

   To Be Published August 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Domestic and International Perspectives on Kyrgyzstan’s ‘Tulip Revolution’

   Motives, Mobilization and Meanings

   Edited by Sally Cummings

   Series: ThirdWorlds

   In early 2005 regional protests in Kyrgyzstan soon became national ones as protesters seized control of the country’s capital, Bishkek. The country’s president for fifteen years, Askar Akaev, fled the country and after a night of extensive looting, a new president, Kurmanbek Bakiev, came to power....

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Symbolism and Power in Central Asia

   Politics of the Spectacular

   Edited by Sally Cummings

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   With the collapse of communism, post-communist societies scrambled to find meaning to their new independence. Central Asia was no exception. Events, relationships, gestures, spatial units and objects produced, conveyed and interpreted meaning. The new power container of the five independent states...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
4. Understanding Central Asia

   Politics and Contested Transformations

   By Sally N. Cummings

   Since Soviet collapse, the independent republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have faced tremendous political, economic, and security challenges. Focusing on these five republics, this textbook analyzes the contending understandings of the politics of the past,...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
5. Oil, Transition and Security in Central Asia

   By Sally Cummings

   Series: Routledge Advances in Central Asian Studies

   Approaching Central Asia from the perspective of geopolitics, transition, oil and stability, the authors provide a very broad and diverse analysis of the region, examining domestic and international developments since 1991. The book both provides an introduction to the region and presents advanced...

   Published September 16th 2010 by Routledge
6. Power and Change in Central Asia

   Edited by Sally Cummings

   Series: Politics in Asia

   This volume offers the first systematic comparison of political change, leadership style and stability in Central Asia. The contributors, all leading international specialists on the region, offer focused case-studies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, comparing...

   Published November 14th 2001 by Routledge