ABSTRACT
This book is devoted to the study and analysis of the prospects for democracy among the Muslim ethnicities of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), both those that have acquired full independence and those remaining within the Russian Federation. The nineteen Western academics and scholars from the Muslim countries and regions of the CIS who contribute to this volume view the establishment of democratic institutions in this region in the context of a wide and complex range of influences, above all the Russian/Soviet political legacy; native ethnic political culture and tradition; the Islamic faith; and the growing polarity between Western civilization and the Muslim world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
chapter 1|18 pages
The Democratic Tradition of Kazakhstan in Historical Context
part II|2 pages
POTENTIAL PRESSURE POINTS
part III|2 pages
MUSLIM SUCCESSOR STATES
chapter 7|24 pages
Authoritarian Pathways in Central Asia: A Comparison of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan
chapter 9|22 pages
The Price of Stability: Kazakhstani Control Mechanisms under Conditions of Cultural and Demographic Bipolarity
chapter 11|18 pages
Political Clans and Political Conflicts in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan*
chapter 12|12 pages
Linguistic Policy and the Process of Democratization in Uzbekistan
chapter 14|20 pages
Democracy and Civil Society Building in Independent Azerbaijan: Irrevocable Changes or Temporary Diversion?
part IV|2 pages
MUSLIM REGIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION