Frustrated Democracy In Post Soviet Azerbaijan
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Frustrated Democracy In Post Soviet Azerbaijan
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Author : Audrey L. Altstadt
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2017-05-23
Frustrated Democracy In Post Soviet Azerbaijan written by Audrey L. Altstadt and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-23 with Political Science categories.
Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan follows a newly independent oil-rich former Soviet republic as it adopts a Western model of democratic government and then turns toward corrupt authoritarianism. Audrey L. Altstadt begins with the Nagorno-Karabagh War (1988–1994) which triggered Azerbaijani nationalism and set the stage for the development of a democratic movement. Initially successful, this government soon succumbed to a coup. Western oil companies arrived and money flowed in—a quantity Altstadt calls "almost unimaginable"—causing the regime to resort to repression to maintain its power. Despite Azerbaijan's long tradition of secularism, political Islam emerged as an attractive alternative for those frustrated with the stifled democratic opposition and the lack of critique of the West's continued political interference. Altstadt's work draws on instances of censorship in the Azerbaijani press, research by embedded experts and nongovernmental and international organizations, and interviews with diplomats and businesspeople. The book is an essential companion to her earlier works, The Azerbaijani Turks: Power and Identity Under Russian Rule and The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920–1940.
Sovereignty After Empire
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Author : Galina Vasilevna Starovotova
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Sovereignty After Empire written by Galina Vasilevna Starovotova and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Conflict management categories.
The Azerbaijani Turks
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Author : Audrey L. Altstadt
language : en
Publisher: Hoover Press
Release Date : 2013-09-01
The Azerbaijani Turks written by Audrey L. Altstadt and has been published by Hoover Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with History categories.
The first comprehensive account of Azerbaijan's rich and tumultuous history up to the present time.
Azerbaijan Since Independence
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Author : Svante E. Cornell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-05-20
Azerbaijan Since Independence written by Svante E. Cornell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-20 with Computers categories.
Azerbaijan, a small post-Soviet republic located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, has outsized importance becaus of its strategic location at the corssroads of Europe and Asia, its oil resources, and
The Rise Of The Israeli Right
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Author : Colin Shindler
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-08-06
The Rise Of The Israeli Right written by Colin Shindler and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-06 with History categories.
This book traces the history of the Israeli Right since its inception and its struggle to gain power. It looks at the political ideas that are its bedrock and how it has been the dominant force in Israeli politics for nearly four decades.
Dictators Without Borders
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Author : Alexander A. Cooley
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2017-02-07
Dictators Without Borders written by Alexander A. Cooley and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-07 with Political Science categories.
A penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of power and wealth throughout the West Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with extensive involvement in economics, politics and security dynamics beyond its borders. Yet Central Asia’s international activities are mostly hidden from view, with disturbing implications for world security. Based on years of research and involvement in the region, Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw reveal how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Western lawyers connect Central Asia’s supposedly isolated leaders with global power centers. The authors also uncover widespread Western participation in money laundering, bribery, foreign lobbying by autocratic governments, and the exploiting of legal loopholes within Central Asia. Riveting and important, this book exposes the global connections of a troubled region that must no longer be ignored.
Muhammad S Heirs
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Author : Jonathan E. Brockopp
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-08-10
Muhammad S Heirs written by Jonathan E. Brockopp and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-10 with History categories.
This book describes the emergence of Muslim scholarly communities from the origins of Islam until the mid-tenth century through the examination of early Muslim texts and discourse. It is for scholars and advanced students studying Middle Eastern history, Islamic studies, Islamic law and early Islamic literature.
Power Politics And State Formation In The Twentieth Century
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Author : Bridget Coggins
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-04-24
Power Politics And State Formation In The Twentieth Century written by Bridget Coggins and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-24 with History categories.
From Kurdistan to Somaliland, Xinjiang to South Yemen, all secessionist movements hope to secure newly independent states of their own. Most will not prevail. The existing scholarly wisdom provides one explanation for success, based on authority and control within the nascent states. With the aid of an expansive new dataset and detailed case studies, this book provides an alternative account. It argues that the strongest members of the international community have a decisive influence over whether today's secessionists become countries tomorrow and that, most often, their support is conditioned on parochial political considerations.
Post Communist Mafia State
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Author : B lint Magyar
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2016-03-01
Post Communist Mafia State written by B lint Magyar and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-01 with Political Science categories.
Having won a two-third majority in Parliament at the 2010 elections, the Hungarian political party Fidesz removed many of the institutional obstacles of exerting power. Just like the party, the state itself was placed under the control of a single individual, who since then has applied the techniques used within his party to enforce submission and obedience onto society as a whole. In a new approach the author characterizes the system as the ?organized over-world?, the ?state employing mafia methods? and the ?adopted political family', applying these categories not as metaphors but elements of a coherent conceptual framework. The actions of the post-communist mafia state model are closely aligned with the interests of power and wealth concentrated in the hands of a small group of insiders. While the traditional mafia channeled wealth and economic players into its spheres of influence by means of direct coercion, the mafia state does the same by means of parliamentary legislation, legal prosecution, tax authority, police forces and secret service. The innovative conceptual framework of the book is important and timely not only for Hungary, but also for other post-communist countries subjected to autocratic rules. ÿ
The Politics Of Culture In Soviet Azerbaijan 1920 40
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Author : Audrey Altstadt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-06-23
The Politics Of Culture In Soviet Azerbaijan 1920 40 written by Audrey Altstadt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-23 with Social Science categories.
The early Soviet Union’s nationalities policy involved the formation of many national republics, within which "nation building" and "modernization" were undertaken for the benefit of "backward" peoples. This book, in considering how such policies were implemented in Azerbaijan, argues that the Soviet policies were in fact a form of imperialism, with "nation building" and "modernization" imposed firmly along Soviet lines. The book demonstrates that in Azerbaijan, and more widely among western Turkic peoples, the Volga and Crimean Tatars, there were before the onset of Soviet rule, well developed, forward looking, secular, national movements, which were not at all "backward" and were different from the Soviets. The book shows how in the period 1920 to 1940 the two different visions competed with each other, with eventually the pre-Soviet vision of Azerbaijani culture losing out, and the Soviet version dominating in a new Soviet Azerbaijani culture. The book examines the details of this Sovietization of culture: in language policy and the change of the alphabet, in education, higher education and in literature. The book concludes by exploring how pre-Soviet Azerbaijani culture survived to a degree underground, and how it was partially rehabilitated after the death of Stalin and more fully in the late Soviet period.