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Institutional Reform in Central Asia: Politico-Economic Challenges
Contributor(s): Ahrens, Joachim (Editor), Hoen, Herman W. (Editor)
ISBN: 0415602009     ISBN-13: 9780415602006
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $180.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development
- Political Science
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
Dewey: 330.958
LCCN: 2012013428
Series: Central Asian Studies
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 290 pages
 
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The countries of Central Asia are increasingly the focus of intense international attention due to their geopolitical and economic importance as well as their unsettled transition processes. The region faced enormous challenges when the Soviet Union disintegrated, and this book focuses on the reforms of the institutional environment that have been largely neglected.

Through an interdisciplinary approach, the book explores key aspects of institution building as well as economic and political governance in Central Asia. Contributors from a variety of disciplines, such as economics, political economy, political science, sociology, law, and ethnology, investigate the challenges of institutional transition in a non-democratic region. The book discusses how the lack of effective institution building as well as rule enforcement in the economic and political realms represents one of the key weaknesses and drawbacks of transition, and goes on to look at how crafting market institutions will be of utmost importance in the years ahead.

Making an important contribution to understanding of political-economic developments in Central Asia, this book is of interest to students and scholars of political economy, comparative economics, development studies and Central Asian studies.