Category: Lexington Book Series

The Nazarbayev Generation. Youth in Kazakhstan

The Nazarbayev Generation. Youth in Kazakhstan EDITED BY MARLENE LARUELLE – CONTRIBUTIONS BY AZIZ BURKHANOV; ULAN BIGOZHIN; DOUGLAS BLUM; REUEL R. HANKS; SABINA INSEBAYEVA; RICO ISAACS; AZAMAT K. JUNISBAI; BARBARA JUNISBAI; KARLYGASH KABATOVA;… Continue reading The Nazarbayev Generation. Youth in Kazakhstan

Visions of Development in Central Asia. Revitalizing the Culture Concept

Visions of Development in Central Asia. Revitalizing the Culture Concept NOOR O’NEILL BORBIEVA In Visions of Development in Central Asia: Revitalizing the Culture Concept, Noor O’Neill Borbieva reflects on anthropology’s withdrawal… Continue reading Visions of Development in Central Asia. Revitalizing the Culture Concept

The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan. Toward a Resacralization of Public Space

The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan. Toward a Resacralization of Public Space MURAD ISMAYILOV Azerbaijan’s independence came after seven decades of militant… Continue reading The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan. Toward a Resacralization of Public Space

State-Building in Kazakhstan. Continuity and Transformation of Informal Institutions

State-Building in Kazakhstan. Continuity and Transformation of Informal Institutions DINA SHARIPOVA This book challenges the conventional wisdom that informal institutions—networks, clientelism, and connections—have to disappear in modern societies due to… Continue reading State-Building in Kazakhstan. Continuity and Transformation of Informal Institutions

Tajikistan on the Move. Statebuilding and Societal Transformations

Tajikistan on the Move. State-building and Societal Transformations EDITED BY MARLENE LARUELLE – CONTRIBUTIONS BY JESSE DRISCOLL; MICHELE COMMERCIO; HAFIZ BOBOYOROV; TIM EPKENHANS; JOHN HEATHERSHAW; BRENT HIERMAN; SOPHIE HOHMANN; MARLENE LARUELLE; EDWARD LEMON;… Continue reading Tajikistan on the Move. Statebuilding and Societal Transformations

Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane?

Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane? EDITED BY DANIEL L. BURGHART AND THERESA SABONIS-HELF – CONTRIBUTIONS BY LAURA ADAMS; SVETLANA ANCKER; DANIEL L. BURGHART; YUHAO DU; STACIE L.… Continue reading Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty. The Return of Tamerlane?

The European Union’s Influence in Central Asia. Geopolitical Challenges and Responses

The European Union’s Influence in Central Asia. Geopolitical Challenges and Responses OLGA ALINDA SPAISER Unknown yet highly strategic, Central Asia attracts the interest of major global powers due to its… Continue reading The European Union’s Influence in Central Asia. Geopolitical Challenges and Responses

Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia. Traditionalist, Socialist, and Post-Socialist Identities

Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia. Traditionalist, Socialist, and Post-Socialist Identities PHILLIP P. MARZLUF Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia is the first full-length treatment of literacy in Mongolian.… Continue reading Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia. Traditionalist, Socialist, and Post-Socialist Identities

The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus. Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus. Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution EDITED BY SHIREEN T. HUNTER – CONTRIBUTIONS BY BULENT ARAS; RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN; MOHAMMAD HOMAYOUNVASH; SHIREEN T. HUNTER; RICHARD… Continue reading The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus. Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

The Central Asia–Afghanistan Relationship. From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives

The Central Asia–Afghanistan Relationship. From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives EDITED BY MARLENE LARUELLE – CONTRIBUTIONS BY GULDEN ASHKENOVA; ALEXANDER DIENER; ANTONIO GIUSTOZZI; ARTEMY M. KALINOVSKY; MARLENE LARUELLE; BRUCE PANNIER; SEBASTIEN… Continue reading The Central Asia–Afghanistan Relationship. From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives

Eurasia’s Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates. Global Perspective, Local Theaters

Eurasia’s Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates. Global Perspective, Local Theaters ALEXANDROS PETERSEN – FOREWORD BY S. FREDERICK STARR This anthology of articles, short studies, and interviews by Alexandros Petersen were written over the… Continue reading Eurasia’s Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates. Global Perspective, Local Theaters

Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature. Elites and Narratives

Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature. Elites and Narratives DIANA T. KUDAIBERGENOVA Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature is a book about cultural transformations and trajectories of national… Continue reading Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature. Elites and Narratives

Kazakhstan in the Making. Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes

Kazakhstan in the Making. Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes EDITED BY MARLENE LARUELLE – CONTRIBUTIONS BY ULAN BIGOZHIN; ALIMA BISSENOVA; DOUGLAS BLUM; ALEXANDER C. DIENER; NATALIE KOCH; DIANA T. KUDAIBERGENOVA; MARLENE LARUELLE; MATEUSZ… Continue reading Kazakhstan in the Making. Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes

The Origins of the Civil War in Tajikistan. Nationalism, Islamism, and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Space

The Origins of the Civil War in Tajikistan. Nationalism, Islamism, and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Space TIM EPKENHANS In May 1992 political and social tensions in the former Soviet Republic… Continue reading The Origins of the Civil War in Tajikistan. Nationalism, Islamism, and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Space

Integration in Energy and Transport. Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey

Integration in Energy and Transport. Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey ALEXANDROS PETERSEN – FOREWORD BY ROY ALLISON The South Caucasus has established itself as a corridor for transporting energy from Azerbaijan… Continue reading Integration in Energy and Transport. Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey

Kyrgyzstan beyond “Democracy Island” and “Failing State”. Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society

Kyrgyzstan beyond “Democracy Island” and “Failing State”. Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society EDITED BY MARLENE LARUELLE AND JOHAN ENGVALL – CONTRIBUTIONS BY DIANA ASANALIEVA; AISALKYN BOTOEVA; ASEL DOOLOTKELDIEVA; JOHAN ENGVALL;… Continue reading Kyrgyzstan beyond “Democracy Island” and “Failing State”. Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society