Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan / / Audrey Altstadt.
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 Azerbai...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Languages and Spelling
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. A Starting Point: History and Geopolitics and What They Tell Us
- 2. The Open Wound: Mountainous Karabagh and National Consciousness
- 3. Azerbaijan's Best and Brightest: The Rise, Decline, and Renewal of the Democratic Opposition
- 4. Oil Lifts All Boats? Social and Economic Repercussions and the Rise of Corruption
- 5. Jail for the "Donkey Bloggers": Crushing Youth Activism, Human Rights, and a Free Media
- 6. Allah-u Akbar: Islam in Azerbaijan- Piety, Politics, and the Future
- 7. What's Next? The Choices Ahead
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography of Major Sources
- Index