The New Central Asia: Geopolitics and the Birth of Nations, Revised Edition - Olivier Roy - Bücher - NYU Press - 9780814776094 - 1. Oktober 2007
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The New Central Asia: Geopolitics and the Birth of Nations, Revised Edition Updated edition

Olivier Roy

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The New Central Asia: Geopolitics and the Birth of Nations, Revised Edition Updated edition

In a new, revised edition of his acclaimed book, Olivier Roy examines the political development of central Asia, from Russian conquests to the ?War on Terror? and beyond.

During the anti-Gorbachev coup in August 1991, most communist leaders from Soviet central Asia backed the plotters. Within weeks of the coup's collapse, those same leaders?now transformed into ardent nationalists ? proclaimed the independence of their nations, adopted new flags and new slogans, and discovered a new patriotism.

How were these new nations built among peoples without any traditional nationalist heritage and no history of independent governance? Roy argues that Soviet practice had always been to build on local institutions and promote local elites, and that Soviet administration?as opposed to Soviet rhetoric?was always surprisingly decentralized in the farflung corners of the empire. Thus, with home-grown political leaders and administrative institutions, national identities in central Asia emerged almost by stealth.

Roy?s analysis of the new states in central Asia?Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikstan, Kirghizstan and Azerbaijan?provides a glimpse of the future of an increasingly fragmented and dangerous region.

Medien Bücher     Taschenbuch   (Buch mit Softcover und geklebtem Rücken)
Erscheinungsdatum 1. Oktober 2007
ISBN13 9780814776094
Verlag NYU Press
Seitenanzahl 248
Maße 160 × 230 × 20 mm   ·   430 g
Sprache Englisch  

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