Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia

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.

Introduction: Introducing Central Asian Studies Rico Isaacs and Erica Marat PART I HISTORY 1. Central Asia before the advent of Russian Dominion Michael Hancock 2. Russian rule in Central Asia Ian Campbell 3. Collectivisation, Sedentarism and Famine in Central Asia Niccolo Pianciola and Marianne Kamp 4. Development in Post-war Central Asia Artemy M. Kalinovsky PART II POLITICS 5. Varieties of Authoritarianism in Central Asia David Lewis 6. Informal Governance, ‘Clan’ politics and Corruption Aksana Ismailbekova 7. Nation-Building in Central Asia: Policy and Discourse Aziz Burkhanov and Dina Sharipova 8. Unsettled Space: Unfinished Histories of Border Delimitation in the Ferghana Valley Madeleine Reeves PART III GEOGRAPHY 9. Boundaries, Borders and Identities Alexander Diener and Vincent Atman 10. The history of water politics in Central Asia Christine Bichsel 11. Rethinking Spectacular Cities: Beyond Authoritarianism and Mastermind Schemes Mateusz Laszczkowski and Natalie Koch 12. Politics of Green Development: Trees vs. Roads Emil Nasritdinov PART IV INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 13. Russia and Central Asia: Evolving Mutual Perceptions and the Rise of Postcolonial Perspectives Marlene Laruelle 14. China-Central Asia Relations: Re-learning to Live Next to the Giant Nargis Kassenova 15. U.S. Policy and Central Asia Charles Ziegler 16 Domestic?Sources of Foreign Policy in Central Asia? Shairbek Juraev 17. Military Power and Capacity Erica Marat 18. Globalisation and Migration in Central Asia Caress Schenk PART V POLITICAL ECONOMY 19. Economic Reform and Development in Central Asia Richard Pomfret 20. Oil, Capital, and Labour Around the Caspian Maurizo Totaro and Paolo Sorbello 21. Corruption Johan Engvall 22. Modernisation and development in Central Asia Liga Rudzite and Karolina Kluczewska PART VI SOCIETY AND CULTURE 23. The Nationalization of Traditions Svetlana Jacquesson 24. Thinking with Gender About Central Asia Svetlana Peshkova 25. Contemporary Art in Central Asia Alexandra Tsay 26. Language Policy and Language in Central Asia William Fierman PART VII RELIGON 27. Islam Renewal in Central Asia Bayram Balci 28. Securitisation of Religion in Central Asia Edward Lemon 29. Liberalism and Islam in Central Asia Galym Zhussipbek 30. Tengrism Rico Isaacs

Rico Isaacs is Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Lincoln, UK, and the editor of Central Asian Survey. His recent books include, among others, Party System Formation in Kazakhstan (2011), Nation-Building and Identity in the Post-Soviet Space (with A. Polese, 2016) and Politics: An Introduction, 3rd edition (with B. Axford, V. Browne and R. Huggins, 2018), also published by Routledge. Erica Marat is Associate Professor at the College of International Security Affairs at the National Defence University, Washington, D.C. Her research focuses on violence, mobilisation and security institutions in Eurasia, India and Mexico. She is also the author of The Politics of Police Reform: Society against the State in Post-Soviet Countries (2018).