Azerbaijan since independence /
Azerbaijan, a small post-Soviet republic located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, has outsized importance because of its strategic location at the corssroads of Europe and Asia, its oil resources, and its historical experience as an early modernizer in the Muslim world. This book provides a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Armonk, N.Y. :
M.E. Sharpe,
©2011.
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Colección: | Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Azerbaijan before Soviet rule
- Soviet Azerbaijan
- The national revival and the road to independence
- The rise and fall of the Popular Front
- The Aliyev era : restoring stability
- Ilham Aliyev's Azerbaijan
- The shadow over Azerbaijan : Karabakh
- Politics and power in Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan's economy : the primacy of oil
- Azerbaijani society : identity, modernity, and tradition
- Caucasus context : formulating foreign policy
- Iran and the "other" Azerbaijan
- Russia, the resurgent imperialist
- Turkey, best neighbor or big brother?
- Azerbaijan and the West
- Epilogue
- Biographical note.