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Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Sophie Hohmann
Claire Mouradian
Silvia Serrano
其他書名
Migration, Democratisation and Inequality in the Post-Soviet Era
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing
, 2014-06-25
主題
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Social Science / Gender Studies
History / Europe / General
Social Science / Emigration & Immigration
History / Asia / Central Asia
Social Science / Human Geography
Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries
Business & Economics / Industries / General
Business & Economics / Industries / Energy
History / Asia / General
Political Science / International Relations / General
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy
ISBN
0857737341
9780857737342
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=CKCLDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
After the final collapse of the Soviet Union, the so-called 'last empire', in 1991, the countries of Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan - and of the Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia - became independent nations. These countries, previously production centres under the socialist planning system of the Soviet Union, have made enormous economic adjustments in order to develop - or attempt to develop - along capitalist lines. As this study will show, however, inequality in Central Asia and the Caucasus is widening, as the Soviet systems of healthcare and state provisions disappear. Rejecting the Cold War-era East/West paradigm often used to analyse the development of these nations, this study analyses development along the North-South lines which characterise the migration patterns and poverty levels of much of the rest of the developed world. This opens up new avenues of research, and helps us understand why it is, for instance, that this region is better characterised as a 'new South' - as skilled workers flood out of the territories and into Russia and Western Europe.
Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus draws together detailed analyses of the development of migration economics as the region's oil wealth further enhances its strategic and economic importance to Russia, the US, the Middle East and to the EU.