State Erosion : : Unlootable Resources and Unruly Elites in Central Asia /

State Erosion : : Unlootable Resources and Unruly Elites in Central Asia / / Lawrence P. Markowitz.

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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. In State Erosion, Lawrence P. Markowitz draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Central Asian republics-Tajikistan, where sta...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Markowitz, Lawrence P.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.) :; 13 tables, 12 charts, 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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