The Post-Soviet Decline of Central Asia: Sustainable Development and Comprehensive Capital (Central Asia Research Forum)

Sievers, Eric W.

ISBN 10: 0700716602 / ISBN 13: 9780700716609

Published by Routledge, 2002

About this Item

Sievers presents a compelling and unorthodox challenge to development agencies, scholars and human rights organizations to realize the implications of globalization and the challenges of sustainable development in Central Asia. Series: Central Asia Research Forum. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; GTB; GTF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522. . 2002. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Post-Soviet Decline of Central Asia: Sustainable Development and Comprehensive Capital (Central Asia Research Forum)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700716602
• ISBN 13: 9780700716609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Sievers draws on his experience of Central Asia to take on the task of explaining the remarkable economic declines of the post-Soviet Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) in the past decade, and the turn of these states towards despotism.

About the Author

Eric W. Sievers is currently associated with Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and is an attorney in the Central Asian practice of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P. Sievers managed and directed a number of development projects in Central Asia throughout the 1990s. He holds a Ph.D. from MIT and a J.D. from Yale.