附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: power and change in Central Asia; Empire's aftermath: a comparative perspective; Neopatrimonialism and the prospects for democratization in the Central Asian republics; Kazakhstan: an uneasy relationship power and authority in the Nazarbaev regime; An economy of authoritarianism? Askar Akaev and presidential leadership in Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan: a president and his rivals; Turkmenistan: Saparmurat Niyazov's inglorious isolation; Uzbekistan: the Karimov presidency Amir Timur revisited; Index.
摘要:This volume offers the first systematic comparison of political change, leadership style and stability in Central Asia.
