Institutional Reform in Central Asia

Politico-economic Challenges

• Author(s): Joachim Ahrens, Herman Willem Hoen,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 285
• ISBN_10: 0415602009
  ISBN_13: 9780415602006
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economic Conditions , Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , Political Science / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Political Science / World / Asian , Social Science / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Human Geography , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Social Science / Regional Studies ,

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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.