The Soviet Legacy in Central Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-8

3. The South’s ‘Insecurity Dilemma’

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   Pages 9-21

4. Ethnicity, Nationalism and Nation-Building

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   Pages 22-46

5. Pre-Revolutionary Identities in Central Asia

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   Pages 47-72

6. The Redrawing of Boundaries: Soviet ‘Official Nationalism’

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   Pages 73-102

7. Contemporary Central Asia

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   Pages 103-132

8. Iron Fist or Velvet Revolution?

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   Pages 133-150

9. Back Matter

   Pages 151-198

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This book analyses the new pattern of security concerns of the Central Asian successor states. This region is said to encompass Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Kirghizstan and Turkmenistan. The main contention of the book is that the security problems of these states are similar to those that faced other 'Third World' countries after they attained independence. That is, due to the arbitrary creation of these states by external powers they lack a certain degree of societal cohesiveness arising from the fact that several ethnic communities reside within their borders. It is this so-called 'insecurity dilemma' of each of the Central Asian states that is therefore examined.

• nationalism
• revolution
• Third World
• russian and post-soviet politics

...a fine introduction to the ethical and cultural divisions that threathen state stability in contemporary Central Asia. Journal of Asian Studies

• Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton, UK

  John Glenn

John Glenn is Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton.

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