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The New Central Asia

The New Central Asia

Geopolitics and the Birth of Nations

by Olivier Roy
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/10/2007

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In a new, revised edition of his acclaimed book, Olivier Roy examines the political development of central Asia, from Russian conquests to the "War on Terror" and beyond. During the anti-Gorbachev coup in August 1991, most communist leaders from Soviet central Asia backed the plotters. Within weeks of the coup's collapse, those same leaders-now transformed into ardent nationalists - proclaimed the independence of their nations, adopted new flags and new slogans, and discovered a new patriotism. How were these new nations built among peoples without any traditional nationalist heritage and no history of independent governance? Roy argues that Soviet practice had always been to build on local institutions and promote local elites, and that Soviet administration-as opposed to Soviet rhetoric-was always surprisingly decentralized in the farflung corners of the empire. Thus, with home-grown political leaders and administrative institutions, national identities in central Asia emerged almost by stealth.
Roy's analysis of the new states in central Asia-Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikstan, Kirghizstan and Azerbaijan-provides a glimpse of the future of an increasingly fragmented and dangerous region.
ISBN:
9780814776094
9780814776094
Category:
Asian history
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-10-2007
Language:
English
Publisher:
New York University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
248
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x16mm
Weight:
0.43kg

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