Central Asian Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Politics, Identity and Education in Central Asia

   Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan

   Edited by Pınar Akçalı, Cennet Engin-Demir

   Series: Routledge Advances in Central Asian Studies

   Focusing on the areas of politics, identity and education, this book looks at some of the most pressing and challenging issues that Kyrgyzstan faces in the post-Soviet era. It argues that Kyrgyzstan is challenged with oscillations between the old and the new on the one hand, and domestic and...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
2. Coloured Revolutions and Authoritarian Reactions

   Edited by Evgeny Finkel, Yitzhak M. Brudny

   Series: Democratization Special Issues

   Between 2000 and 2005, colour revolutions swept away authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes in Serbia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine. Yet, after these initial successes, attempts to replicate the strategies failed to produce regime change elsewhere in the region. The book argues that...

   Published January 7th 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. Conflict and Peace in Eurasia

   Edited by Debidatta Mahapatra

   Series: Central Asia Research Forum

   Focusing on a range of Eurasian conflicts, including Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, this book offers contemporary perspectives on the ongoing conflicts in the Eurasia, with an emphasis on the attempts towards peace. The book brings into focus how various factors such as ethnicity,...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. Institutional Reform in Central Asia

   Politico-Economic Challenges

   Edited by Joachim Ahrens, Herman W. Hoen

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   The countries of Central Asia are increasingly the focus of intense international attention due to their geopolitical and economic importance as well as their unsettled transition processes. The region faced enormous challenges when the Soviet Union disintegrated, and this book focuses on the...

   Published September 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Routledge Atlas of Central Eurasian Affairs

   By Stanley D. Brunn, Stanley W. Toops, Richard Gilbreath

   Providing concisely written entries on the most important current issues in Central Asia and Eurasia, this atlas offers relevant background information on the region’s place in the contemporary political and economic world. Features include: Profiles of the constituent countries of Central Asia,...

   Published June 26th 2012 by Routledge
7. Eurasia’s Ascent in Energy and Geopolitics

   Rivalry or Partnership for China, Russia, and Central Asia?

   Edited by Robert Bedeski, Niklas Swanström

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   The Sino-Russian relationship has experienced several permutations in recent decades as both states have undergone radical domestic changes, including the end of Soviet communism and the abandonment of Maoism. This volume brings together scholars to address the current status of Sino-Russian...

   Published June 18th 2012 by Routledge
8. International Politics and National Political Regimes

   Promoting Democracy – Promoting Autocracy

   Edited by Peter Burnell, Oliver Schlumberger

   There is much speculation about whether democracy is still advancing around the world and the influence that leading authoritarian or semi-authoritarian regimes such as Russia are starting to have on the trends. This collection assesses global trends in democratisation, reviews the condition of...

   Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge
9. Caspian Energy Politics

   Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

   Edited by Indra Overland, Heidi Kjaernet, Andrea Kendall-Taylor

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   Caspian Energy Politics analyses the role of oil and gas in the development of the three main petroleum exporters in the Caspian region - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - and how energy resources influence interactions with semi-authoritarian Russia and China. Due to volatile commodity...

   Published August 3rd 2011 by Routledge
10. Statebuilding in Afghanistan

    Multinational Contributions to Reconstruction

    Edited by Nik Hynek, Péter Marton

    Series: Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding

    This edited volume empirically maps and theorises NATO-ISAF’s contribution to peacebuilding and reconstruction in Afghanistan. The book provides a contextual framework of the NATO participation in Afghanistan; it offers an outline of the security situation in Afghanistan and discusses geopolitical,...

    Published July 20th 2011 by Routledge