Transformation and Development : : Studies in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Member States.

• Author: Mihr, Anja.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (154 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• 1 Introduction to the First Edition
• Part I Transformation and Development
• 2 Values and Transformation in Central Asia
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Post-Soviet Transition
• 2.3 Measuring Political Transformation
• 2.4 Identity and National Pride in Central Asia
• 2.5 Democratic Values and Pro-democratic Support
• 2.6 Post-Materialist Value Change in Central Asia
• 2.7 Conclusion
• References
• 3 Civil Society as a Phenomenon of Post-Soviet Political Life: A Threat or a Guarantor of National Security
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 No Democracy Without Civil Society
• 3.3 The Multidimensionality of a Transforming Civil Society
• 3.4 Political Security Issues of Civil Society
• 3.5 Conclusion
• References
• 4 Security Risk Analysis Perspectives on Central Asia Dynamics
• 4.1 Security Concepts in Central Asia to the Security Concept
• 4.2 Security Threats
• 4.3 Risk Analysis
• 4.4 The Risk Factors
• 4.5 Case Study: Ukraine and Its Push Factor to Central Asia and Russia
• 4.6 The Role of China in Risk Analysis
• 4.7 Key Findings and Conclusion
• References
• 5 China's Development Objectives and Its Belt and Road Initiative in the OSCE Region
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 BRI and Globalisation: Beyond the Global and Local
• 5.3 BRI and the OSCE Region
• 5.4 Changing Dynamics of Regionalism
• 5.5 China's Official Discourse on BRI
• 5.6 Conclusion
• References
• 6 OSCE and Civil Society in the Western Balkans: The Road to Reconciliation
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Reconciliation in the Western Balkans and the Interplay Between Civil Society and International Organisations
• 6.3 Civil Society in the Western Balkans
• 6.4 The Involvement of the OSCE in the Reconciliation Process
• 6.5 Empowering Women
• 6.6 Involving Youth and Education
• 6.7 Engaging with Religious Leaders
• 6.8 Conclusion
• References.
• 7 Central Asia in Transition: Social Contract Transformation in Nazarbayev and Post-Nazarbayev Kazakhstan
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 The Social Contract Theory in the Post-Soviet Space
• 7.3 Nazarbayev's Key Periods and Changes
• 7.4 Weak Social Contract in the Late Nazarbayev Period
• 7.5 Nazarbayev's Resignation in 2019
• 7.6 Post-Nazarbayev Kazakhstan
• 7.7 Conclusion
• References
• 8 The Interplay Between Formal and Informal in Conflict Prevention, Mediation and Community Security Provision in Kyrgyzstan
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 The Formal and Informal Institutions
• 8.3 Interplay Between "Formal" and "Informal"
• 8.4 Inefficiencies Within a Formal Institution: The Aksakals and the Imams
• 8.5 Socially Rooted Beliefs and Attitudes
• 8.6 Informal Institutions in Local Crime Prevention Centers in the South of Kyrgyzstan
• 8.7 Aksakals and Imams as Means of Information Dissemination for Local Crime Prevention Centers
• 8.8 Conclusion
• References
• Part II Research Endeavors
• 9 What Happened to the Foundations of Eurasian Health Governance? Research Initiatives for Health Security Capacity Building
• 9.1 Background
• 9.2 Rationale
• 9.3 Health Security Across the OSCE Region
• 9.4 Measures and Indicators
• References
• 10 Transitional Justice Research in Post-Totalitarian Societies in the OSCE Region
• 10.1 Background
• 10.2 Post-Totalitarian Particularities for Researchers
• 10.3 Post-Communist and Totalitarian Research in OSCE Region
• References.