The transformation of Central Asia: states and societies from Soviet rule to independence/ 
edited by Pauline Jones Luong 
 - Delhi:  Manas,  2005. 
 - xii, 332 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Politics in the periphery: competing views of Central Asian states and societies / Pauline Jones Luong --<br/>The retreat of the state: women and the social sphere. Between women and the state: Mahalla committees and social welfare in Uzbekistan / Marianne Kamp --<br/>Women, marriage, and the nation-state: the rise of nonconsensual bride kidnapping in post-Soviet Kazakhstan / Cynthia Werner --<br/>Linking state and society: culture and language. Cultural elites in Uzbekistan: ideological production and the state / Laura Adams --<br/>A shrinking reach of the state? language policy and implementation in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan / Bhavna Dave --<br/>The state against itself: central-regional relations. The limits of centralization: regional challenges in Uzbekistan / Alisher Ilkhamov --<br/>Economic "decentralization" in Kazakhstan: causes and consequences / Pauline Jones Luong --<br/>Redefining the state: internal and external forces. The civic realm in Kyrgyzstan: Soviet economic legacies and activists' expectations / kelly McMann. Beyond the state: transnational actors, NGOs, and environmental protection in Central Asia / Erika Weinthal --<br/>Conclusion: Central Asia's contribution to theories of the state / Pauline Jones Luong. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>8170492572 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Politics and government--Central Asia<br/>Social conditions<br/>Economic history
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.58  / LUO/T