Identity Politics in Central Asia and the Muslim World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Identity Politics in Central Asia and the Muslim World write by Edited By Willem Van Schendel And Erik J. Zuercher. This book was released on 2001. Identity Politics in Central Asia and the Muslim World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Identity and Politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Identity and Politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Identity and Politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus write by Mohammed Ayoob. This book was released on 2015-02-20. Identity and Politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The multicultural region of Central Eurasia is living through its early post-independence years and as such serves as an ideal case to study and analyse theories of identity and foreign policy in a non-European context. Looking to re-introduce identity as a multidimensional factor informing state behaviour, this book analyses the experiences of the different Central Eurasian states in their post-independence pursuits. The book is structured into two broadly defined sections, with the first half examining the different ways in which the combination of domestic, regional, international and trans-national forces worked to advance one national identity over the others in the states that comprise the region of post-Soviet Central Eurasia. In the second half, chapters analyse the many ways in which identity, once shaped, affected foreign policy behaviours of the regional states, as well as the overall security dynamics in the region. The book also looks at the ways in which identity, by doing so, enjoys an intricate, mutually constitutive relationship with the strategic context in which it bears its effects on the state and the region. Finally, given the special role Russia has historically played in defining the evolutionary trajectory of the regional states, the book discusses the ways in which Russia itself and its post-cold war policies towards its former colonies have been conditioned by factors associated with Russia’s evolving post-Soviet identity. Placing the region firmly within existing theories of identity and state practices, the book will be of interest to students and scholars of Central Asian Politics, Security Studies, Foreign Policy and International Relations.
Central Asian Intellectuals on Islam
Central Asian Intellectuals on Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Central Asian Intellectuals on Islam write by Sophie Roche. This book was released on 2021-10-11. Central Asian Intellectuals on Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The refereed series ZMO-Studien publishes monographs and edited volumes which mirror the interdisciplinary research programme and approach of the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient.
Understanding Central Asia
Understanding Central Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding Central Asia write by Sally N. Cummings. This book was released on 2013-01-25. Understanding Central Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since Soviet collapse, the independent republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have faced tremendous political, economic, and security challenges. Focusing on these five republics, this textbook analyzes the contending understandings of the politics of the past, present and future transformations of Central Asia, including its place in international security and world politics. Analysing the transformation that independence has brought and tracing the geography, history, culture, identity, institutions and economics of Central Asia, it locates ‘the political’ in the region. A comprehensive examination of the politics of Central Asia, this insightful book is of interest both to undergraduate and graduate students of Asian Politics, Post-Communist Politics, Comparative Politics and International Relations, and to scholars and professionals in the region.
Nationalism and Identity Construction in Central Asia
Nationalism and Identity Construction in Central Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nationalism and Identity Construction in Central Asia write by Mariya Y. Omelicheva. This book was released on 2014-12-17. Nationalism and Identity Construction in Central Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. More than two decades after the break-up of the Soviet Union, Central Asian republics—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—continue to reexamine and debate whom and what they represent. Nationalism and Identity Construction in Central Asia explores the complex and controversial process of identity formation in the region using a “3D” framework, which stands for “Dimensions”, “Dynamics,” and “Directions” of nation building. The first part of the framework—dimensions—underscores the new and complex ways in which nationalisms and identities manifest themselves in Central Asia. The second part—dynamics—is premised on the idea that nationalisms and identity construction in the Central Asian republics may indicate some continuities with the past, but are more concerned with legitimation of the present power politics in these states. It calls for the identification of the main actors, strategies, tactics, interests, and reactions to the processes of nationalism and identity construction. The third part of the framework—directions—addresses implications of nationalisms and identity construction in Central Asia for regional and international peace and cooperation. Jointly, the chapters of the volume address domestic and international-level dimensions, dynamics, and directions of identity formation in Central Asia. What unites these works is their shared modern and post-modern understanding of nations, nationalisms, and identities as discursive, strategic, and tactical formations. They are viewed as “constructed” and “imagined” and therefore continuously changing, but also fragmented and contested.
