This dissertation is a comparative analysis of state policymaking to advance women's status toward gender equality in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan from 1995 to 2004. I show that the diffusion of international norms of gender equality caused the establishment of women's policy age…
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This thesis investigates approaches to the conservation and management of earthen architecture. Earthen architecture is studied as a class of material, found worldwide, that shares similar properties, maintenance needs and conservation requirements. The similarities associated w…
Due to their scarcity and importance, energy resources have become an important consideration in world politics. To date this consideration had been studied mostly in the context of big states like the United States and China among others. This research examines the impact of en…
This study investigates biophysical and social components of environmental concern and their socio-demographic predictors in five postcommunist Muslim countries from the Balkans and Central Asia. The theories of environmental concern developed in the Western affluent societies h…
This thesis looks at competing influences in Central Asia since 1991. It looks at all five Central Asian countries, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, and identifies the three main powers with competing influences as Russia, Islam and America. It ai…
After the demise of the Soviet Union, six of the newly independent states were of Islamic background: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tadjikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Azerbaijan, Five of these six are in Central Asia, with Azerbaijan being in the Caucuses region. Specifically …
This book is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary Turkmenistan in English.
This book is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary Turkmenistan in English.
This book examines the history, economy, and politics of post-Soviet Turkmenistan.
Examines the political, social, economic, and geopolitical dimensions of contemporary Turkmenistan and considers the prospects for its emergence as a political and economic factor in the twenty-first century world.