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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “david gullette”
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  • Everyday Energy Politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus

    Citizens’ Needs, Entitlements and Struggles for Access

    Edited by David Gullette, Jeanne Féaux de la Croix ...
    Series series ThirdWorlds
    The perception of Central Asia and its place in the world has come to be shaped by its large oil and gas reserves. Literature on energy in the region has thus largely focused on related geopolitical issues and national policies. However, little is known about citizens’ needs within this broader context of commodities that connect the energy networks of China, Russia and the West. This ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Kyrgyzstan beyond "Democracy Island" and "Failing State"

    Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society

    by Marlene Laruelle, Johan Engvall, Diana Asanalieva, Aisalkyn Botoeva, Asel Doolotkeldieva, David Gullette, Erica Marat, Madeleine Reeves, Elmira Satybaldieva0, Regine A. Spector1, Bermet Zhumakadyr kyzy2, Emil Nastridinov3, John Heathershaw4, Shairbek Juraev5, David W. Montgomery6 ...
    Series series Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures
    Kyrgyzstan is probably the best known of any central Asian country, the one that has elicited the most academic publications, reports by NGOs or advocacy groups, and op-eds in the media. The country opened up massively to Western influence through development aid for civil society and for economic reforms, faced two revolutions in 2005 and 2010, and experienced bloody interethnic conflict in 2010. ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

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  • Energy, Wealth and Governance in the Caucasus and Central Asia

    Lessons not learned

    Edited by Richard Auty, Indra de Soysa ...
    Series series Central Asia Research Forum
    Drawing upon recent progress in development economics and political science, the book provides fresh analysis of the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) countries transition to a market economy by tracing the impact of natural resource endowment. The book examines the synergies between energy-rich and energy-poor states and highlights the practical consequences of both well-managed and poorly-managed ... Read more

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  • China Urbanizes: Consequences, Strategies, And Policies

    by Yusuf Shahid; Saich Anthony ...
    The key challenges facing China in the next two decades derive from the ongoing process of urbanization. China's urbanization rate in 2005 was about 43%. Over the next 10-15 years, it is expected to rise to well over 50%, adding an additional 200 million mainly rural migrants to the current urban population of 560 million. How China copes with such a large migration flow will strongly influence ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A Green and Global Europe

    by Nathalie Tocci ...
    After years of existential crisis, Europe has found a new raison d’être: the European Green Deal and the energy transition that lies at its core. This green Europe represents a normative vision, an economic growth strategy, as well as a route to a political Union that would enhance EU integration and legitimacy. But it can only be realized if it addresses head-on the social, economic, political ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Atlas of Challenges and Opportunities in European Neighbourhoods

    Edited by Pierre BECKOUCHE, Pierre BESNARD, Hugues PECOUT ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This atlas provides a macro-regional overview of the areas that surround the European Union, from the Sahara to the Middle East, Western Balkans to European Russia, Turkey to the Arctic. Detailing key socio-economic data as well as developmental trends, the maps provide a comprehensive territorial analysis at a local scale and explore the potential for regional integration and cooperation.These ... Read more

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  • The New Politics of Strategic Resources

    Energy and Food Security Challenges in the 21st Century

    Edited by Emily O'Brien, Bruce D. Jones, David Steven ...
    Since 2008, energy and food markets-those most fundamental to human existence-have remained in turmoil. Resource scarcity has had a much bigger global impact in recent years than has been predicted, with ongoing volatility a sign that the world is only part-way through navigating a treacherous transition in the way it uses resources. Scarcity, and perceptions of scarcity, increase political risks, ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The New Continentalism: Energy and Twenty-First-Century Eurasian Geopolitics

    by Kent E. Calder, PhD - History ...
    In this groundbreaking book Kent E. Calder argues that a new transnational configuration is emerging in Asia, driven by economic growth, rising energy demand, and the erosion of longstanding geopolitical divisions. What Calder calls the New Silk Road—with a strengthening multi-faceted relationship between East Asia and the Middle East at its core—could eventually emerge as one of the world's most ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Institutional Reform in Central Asia

    Politico-Economic Challenges

    Edited by Joachim Ahrens, Herman W. Hoen ...
    Series series Central Asian Studies
    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 ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Geo-economics and Power Politics in the 21st Century

    The Revival of Economic Statecraft

    Edited by Mikael Wigell, Sören Scholvin, Mika Aaltola ...
    Series series Routledge Global Security Studies
    Starting from the key concept of geo-economics, this book investigates the new power politics and argues that the changing structural features of the contemporary international system are recasting the strategic imperatives of foreign policy practice.States increasingly practice power politics by economic means. Whether it is about Iran’s nuclear programme or Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Western ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Beyond the Resource Curse

    Edited by Brenda Shaffer, Taleh Ziyadov ...
    When countries discover that they possess large deposits of oil and natural gas, the news is usually welcome. Yet, paradoxically, if they rely on their wealth of natural resources, they often set down a path of poor economic performance and governance challenges. Only a few resource-rich countries have managed to develop their economies fully and provide a better and sustainable standard of living ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • The Politics of Shale Gas in Eastern Europe

    Energy Security, Contested Technologies and the Social Licence to Frack

    by Andreas Goldthau ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
    Fracking is a novel but contested energy technology – so what makes some countries embrace it whilst others reject it? This book argues that the reason for policy divergence lies in procedures and processes, stakeholder inclusion and whether a strong narrative underpins governmental policies. Based on a large set of primary data gathered in Poland, Bulgaria and Romania, it explores shale gas ... Read more

    $38.59 USD