TY - BOOK AU - Burghart,Daniel L. AU - Sabonis-Helf,Theresa AU - Adams,Laura AU - Ancker,Svetlana AU - Du,Yuhao AU - Giles,Stacie L. AU - Kangas,Roger D. AU - Kovalova,Elena AU - Laruelle,Marlene AU - Liebert,Saltanat TI - Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty: The Return of Tamerlane? T2 - Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures Series SN - 9781498572675 AV - HC420.3 .C468 2018 U1 - 320.958 PY - 2018/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit PB - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic KW - Asia, Central-Economic conditions-21st century KW - Asia, Central-Social conditions-21st century KW - Asia, Central-History-21st century KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Introduction -- PartI. SOCIAL ISSUES -- Ch01. The Borderlands Paradox -- Ch02. Legal Reform in Central Asia -- Ch03. Human Rights and Governance in Central Asia -- Ch04. HIV/AIDS Responses in Central Asia -- Ch05. Sorting Central Asian Social Media -- Ch06. The Evolution of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and Its Communication Strategy -- Ch07. "Brain Waste?" -- PartII. ECONOMICS AND SECURITY -- Ch08. One Belt One Road -- Ch09. Infrastructure and the Political Economies of Central Asia -- Ch10. Great Game Changers?-The Changing Nature of Central Asian Energy -- Ch11. Multilateral Engagement with Central Asia on Energy Issues -- Ch12. Kazakhstan's Bazaar Economy -- Ch13. The Fifth Estate -- Ch14. Problematic Puzzle Pieces -- Ch15. The Security Forces -- PartIII. CASE STUDIES -- Ch16. Kazakhstan's Dilemma on Eurasian and Central Asian Integrations -- Ch17. Kyrgyzstan's Experiments with Democracy -- Ch18. Tajikistan's Roghun Dam -- Ch19. Foreign Direct Investment in the Oil and Gas Sector of Turkmenistan -- Ch20. Everyday Life Governance in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors N2 - This collection provides a broad analysis of social, political, economic, and security issues in contemporary Central Asia. In particular, the contributors highlight the differences and similarities among the region's states in how they have consolidated statehood since the collapse of the Soviet Union UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5312974 ER -