ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia offers the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary overview of key issues in Central Asian studies. The 30 chapters by leading and emerging scholars summarise major findings in the field and highlight long-term trends, recent observations and future developments in the region. The handbook features case studies of all five Central Asian republics and is organised thematically in seven sections:
• History
• Politics
• Geography
• International Relations
• Political Economy
• Society and Culture
• Religion
An essential cross-disciplinary reference work, the handbook offers an accessible and easyto- understand guide to the core issues permeating the region to enable readers to grasp the fundamental challenges, transformations and themes in contemporary Central Asia. It will be of interest to researchers, academics and students of the region and those working in the field of Area Studies, History, Anthropology, Politics and International Relations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Part I|60 pages
History
part Part II|62 pages
Politics
chapter 8|18 pages
Unsettled space
part Part III|58 pages
Geography
part Part IV|88 pages
International Relations
chapter 13|9 pages
Russia and Central Asia
part Part V|68 pages
Political Economy
part Part VI|62 pages
Society and Culture
part Part VII|52 pages
Religion