State Erosion : : Unlootable Resources and Unruly Elites in Central Asia / / Lawrence P. Markowitz.
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. In State Erosion, Lawrence P. Markowitz draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Central Asian republics-Tajikistan, where sta...
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Markowitz, Lawrence P., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut State Erosion : Unlootable Resources and Unruly Elites in Central Asia / Lawrence P. Markowitz. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (216 p.) : 13 tables, 12 charts, 2 maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Rethinking the Resource Curse -- 2. Resources and Rents under Soviet Rule -- 3. Pathways to Failure: Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- 4. Tajikistan's Fractious State -- 5. Coercion and Rent-Seeking in Uzbekistan -- 6. Weak and Failed States in Comparative Perspective -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. In State Erosion, Lawrence P. Markowitz draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Central Asian republics-Tajikistan, where state institutions fragmented into a five-year civil war from 1992 through 1997, and Uzbekistan, which constructed one of the largest state security apparatuses in post-Soviet Eurasia-to advance a theory of state failure focused on unlootable resources, rent seeking, and unruly elites.In Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other countries with low capital mobility-where resources cannot be extracted, concealed, or transported to market without state intervention-local elites may control resources, but they depend on patrons to convert their resources into rents. Markowitz argues that different rent-seeking opportunities either promote the cooptation of local elites to the regime or incite competition over rents, which in turn lead to either cohesion or fragmentation. Markowitz distinguishes between weak states and failed states, challenges the assumption that state failure in a country begins at the center and radiates outward, and expands the "resource curse" argument to include cash crop economies, where mechanisms of state failure differ from those involved in fossil fuels and minerals. Broadening his argument to weak states in the Middle East (Syria and Lebanon) and Africa (Zimbabwe and Somalia), Markowitz shows how the distinct patterns of state failure in weak states with immobile capital can inform our understanding of regime change, ethnic violence, and security sector reform. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Elite (Social sciences) Political activity Tajikistan. Elite (Social sciences) Political activity Uzbekistan. Failed states Tajikistan. Natural resources Political aspects Tajikistan. Natural resources Political aspects Uzbekistan. History. Political Science & Political History. Soviet & East European History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 print 9780801451874 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801469466 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801469466 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801469466/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Rethinking the Resource Curse -- 2. Resources and Rents under Soviet Rule -- 3. Pathways to Failure: Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- 4. Tajikistan's Fractious State -- 5. Coercion and Rent-Seeking in Uzbekistan -- 6. Weak and Failed States in Comparative Perspective -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Rethinking the Resource Curse -- 2. Resources and Rents under Soviet Rule -- 3. Pathways to Failure: Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- 4. Tajikistan's Fractious State -- 5. Coercion and Rent-Seeking in Uzbekistan -- 6. Weak and Failed States in Comparative Perspective -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index |
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