TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peimani,Hooman
TI  - Failed Transition, Bleak Future?: War and Instability in Central Asia and the Caucasus
SN  - 9780313010880
AV  - DK859.5.P45 2002 
U1  - 958/.04/3 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing USA
KW  - Asia, Central -- History -- 1991-
KW  - Caucasus, South -- History -- 20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- FAILED TRANSITION, BLEAK FUTURE? -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1  Introduction -- 2  General Overview of the Caucasian and the Central Asian Countries at the Time of Independence -- BASIC DATA ON THE COUNTRIES OF THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA -- THE CAUCASIAN AND THE CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES AT THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE -- Major Challenges at the Time of Independence: Politics, Economy, and Ethnicity -- Politics -- Economy -- Ethnicity -- NOTES -- 3  Overall Situation in the Caucasus and Central Asia a Decade after Independence -- ECONOMIC SITUATION -- POLITICAL SITUATION -- SOCIAL SITUATION -- NOTES -- 4  Rise of Authoritarianism -- NOTES -- 5  Worrisome Trends -- RISE OF INSTABILITY AND ITS EXPANSION: A LIKELY TREND -- EMERGENCE OF EXTREMISM: A RESPONSE TO THE DETERIORATING SITUATION -- NATIONALISM AS A COUNTERMEASURE FOR THE ELITES -- FEASIBLE SCENARIOS FOR THE FUTURE: CIVIL WARS, INTERSTATE WARS, AND REGIONAL WARS -- NOTES -- 6  Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Books -- Journal Articles -- Magazine and Newspaper Articles -- Other Sources -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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