Markowitz, Lawrence P. <br/><br/>
State Erosion :  Unlootable Resources and Unruly Elites in Central Asia. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (215 pages) 
<br/><br/>State Erosion -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Rethinking the Resource Curse -- 2. Resources and Rents under Soviet Rule -- 3. Pathways to Failure: Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- 4. Tajikistan's Fractious State -- 5. Coercion and Rent-Seeking in Uzbekistan -- 6. Weak and Failed States in Comparative Perspective -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Lawrence P. Markowitz draws on his extensive fieldwork in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to advance a theory of state failure focused on unlootable resources, rent seeking, and unruly elites. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801469466 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Failed states -- Tajikistan.<br/>Natural resources -- Political aspects -- Tajikistan.<br/>Natural resources -- Political aspects -- Uzbekistan.<br/>Elite (Social sciences) -- Political activity -- Tajikistan.<br/>Elite (Social sciences) -- Political activity -- Uzbekistan.<br/>Tajikistan -- Politics and government -- 1991-.<br/>Uzbekistan -- Politics and government -- 1991-.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DK928.8657 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>958.042