State erosion : unlootable resources and unruly elites in Central Asia /

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State failure is a central challenge to international peace and security in the post-Cold War era. Yet theorizing on the causes of state failure remains surprisingly limited. The author draws on his fieldwork in two Central Asian republics - Tajikistan, where state institutions fragmented into a fiv...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Markowitz, Lawrence P., 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Since 1991
Failed states > Tajikistan.
Natural resources > Political aspects > Tajikistan.
Natural resources > Political aspects > Uzbekistan.
Elite (Social sciences) > Political activity > Tajikistan.
Elite (Social sciences) > Political activity > Uzbekistan.
États défaillants > Tadjikistan.
Ressources naturelles > Aspect politique > Tadjikistan.
Ressources naturelles > Aspect politique > Ouzbékistan.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Activité politique > Tadjikistan.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Activité politique > Ouzbékistan.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Elite (Social sciences) > Political activity
Failed states
Natural resources > Political aspects
Politics and government
Tajikistan > Politics and government > 1991-
Uzbekistan > Politics and government > 1991-
Tadjikistan > Politique et gouvernement > 1991-
Ouzbékistan > Politique et gouvernement > 1991-
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
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Table of Contents:
  • Rethinking the resource curse
  • Rents and resources under soviet rule
  • Pathways to failure : Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
  • Tajikistan's fractious state
  • Coercion and rent-seeking in Uzbekistan
  • Weak and failed states in comparative perspective.

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