Azerbaijan Diary
Title | Azerbaijan Diary PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Goltz |
Publisher | M.E. Sharpe |
Pages | 574 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780765602435 |
The author, a journalist who covered the region in the early 1990s, relates the events that he saw in a style he refers to as "history as contact journalism." He covers the coups, the civil uprisings, the lost Karabakh war of secession, the occupation of part of Azerbaijan by Armenian troops, and the internal ethnic, religious, and political struggles that have plagued the country since independence. No references. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Azerbaijan Diary
Title | Azerbaijan Diary PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Goltz |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 2015-04-08 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317476247 |
In its first years as an independent state, Azerbaijan was a prime example of post-Soviet chaos - beset by coups and civil strife and astride an ethnic, political and religious divide. Author Goltz was detoured in Baku in mid-1991 and decided to stay, this diary is the record of his experiences.
Azerbaijan
Title | Azerbaijan PDF eBook |
Author | Suha Bolukbasi |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2013-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0857719327 |
Azerbaijan's Soviet and post-Soviet political history has been tumultuous and varied, particularly with regard to the struggle for independence, democracy and sovereignty. Suha Bolukbasi here illustrates how post-Stalin resilience, the tolerance shown toward subtle nationalist expression and Gorbachev's relaxation of central control from Moscow were all-in-part responsible for the initial emergence of a more liberal atmosphere in Azerbaijan. As a result, issues such as Moscow's responsibility for environmental degradation, the depletion of Azerbaijan's oil, and unfavourable terms of trade have all begun to be freely discussed. However, the Azerbaijan-Armenia dispute over Karabagh has had a dramatic impact on the political discourse. The dispute has become not only an international conflict, but one which involves the lives of more than one million refugees. This book shows how Azerbaijan's recent political history - both domestic and international - has influenced the development of the country and the history of the surrounding region.
Azerbaijan Since Independence
Title | Azerbaijan Since Independence PDF eBook |
Author | Svante E. Cornell |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 460 |
Release | 2015-05-20 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 1317476204 |
Azerbaijan, a small post-Soviet republic located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, has outsized importance becaus of its strategic location at the corssroads of Europe and Asia, its oil resources, and
Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan
Title | Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan PDF eBook |
Author | Audrey L. Altstadt |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 531 |
Release | 2017-05-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0231801416 |
Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan follows a newly independent oil-rich former Soviet republic as it adopts a Western model of democratic government and then turns toward corrupt authoritarianism. Audrey L. Altstadt begins with the Nagorno-Karabagh War (1988–1994) which triggered Azerbaijani nationalism and set the stage for the development of a democratic movement. Initially successful, this government soon succumbed to a coup. Western oil companies arrived and money flowed in—a quantity Altstadt calls "almost unimaginable"—causing the regime to resort to repression to maintain its power. Despite Azerbaijan's long tradition of secularism, political Islam emerged as an attractive alternative for those frustrated with the stifled democratic opposition and the lack of critique of the West's continued political interference. Altstadt's work draws on instances of censorship in the Azerbaijani press, research by embedded experts and nongovernmental and international organizations, and interviews with diplomats and businesspeople. The book is an essential companion to her earlier works, The Azerbaijani Turks: Power and Identity Under Russian Rule and The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920–1940.
Travel Journal Azerbaijan
Title | Travel Journal Azerbaijan PDF eBook |
Author | Travel Journals Azerbaijan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2019-09-21 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781694720894 |
Travel Journal: Azerbaijan This travel journal with 120 pages is the perfect companion for your next travel! You can write down every experiences you make and bring all the adventures you made on your vacation on paper. Packing list Fill in place, date and more Daily rating of your experiences Up to 120 days Softcover
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Title | Armenia and Azerbaijan PDF eBook |
Author | Broers Laurence Broers |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2019-08-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1474450555 |
The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict for control of the mountainous territory of Nagorny Karabakh is the longest-running dispute in post-Soviet Eurasia. Laurence Broers shows how more than 20 years of dynamic territorial politics, shifting power relations, international diffusion and unsuccessful mediation efforts have contributed to the resilience of this stubbornly unresolved dispute. Looking beyond tabloid tropes of 'frozen conflict' or 'Russian land-grab', Broers unpacks the unresolved territorial issues of the 1990s and the strategic rivalry that has built up around them since.