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State Erosion : Unlootable Resources and Unruly Elites in Central Asia.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (215 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801469466
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: State ErosionDDC classification:
  • 958.042
LOC classification:
  • DK928.8657
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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