TY - BOOK AU - McGlinchey,Eric TI - Chaos, Violence, Dynasty: Politics and Islam in Central Asia T2 - Central Eurasia in Context Series SN - 9780822977476 AV - JQ1080 U1 - 320.958 PY - 2011/// CY - PIttsburgh PB - University of Pittsburgh Press KW - Authoritarianism-Asia, Central KW - Democracy-Asia, Central KW - Islam and politics-Asia, Central KW - Islam and state-Asia, Central KW - Comparative government-Case studies KW - Asia, Central-Politics and government KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A Post-transitions Research Agenda for the Study of Authoritarianism -- 2. The Soviet Origins of Post-Soviet Autocratic Variation -- 3. Kyrgyz Chaos -- 4. Uzbek Violence -- 5. Kazakh Dynasty -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - A compelling study of the divergent political courses taken by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan in the wake of Soviet rule. McGlinchey examines economics, religion, political legacies, foreign investment, and the ethnicity of these countries to evaluate the relative success of political structures in each nation UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2039261 ER -