State erosion: unlootable resources and unruly elites in Central Asia
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contents | Rethinking the resource curse -- Rents and resources under soviet rule -- Pathways to failure : Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- Tajikistan's fractious state -- Coercion and rent-seeking in Uzbekistan -- Weak and failed states in comparative perspective "State failure is a central challenge to international peace and security in the post-Cold War era. Yet theorizing on the causes of state failure remains surprisingly limited. In State Erosion, Lawrence P. Markowitz draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Central Asian republics--Tajikistan, where state institutions fragmented into a five-year civil war from 1992 through 1997, and Uzbekistan, which constructed one of the largest state security apparatuses in post-Soviet Eurasia--to advance a theory of state failure focused on unlootable resources, rent seeking, and unruly elites. In Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other countries with low capital mobility--where resources cannot be extracted, concealed, or transported to market without state intervention--local elites may control resources, but they depend on patrons to convert their resources into rents. Markowitz argues that different rent-seeking opportunities either promote the cooptation of local elites to the regime or incite competition over rents, which in turn lead to either cohesion or fragmentation. Markowitz distinguishes between weak states and failed states, challenges the assumption that state failure in a country begins at the center and radiates outward, and expands the "resource curse" argument to include cash crop economies, where mechanisms of state failure differ from those involved in fossil fuels and minerals"-- |
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spelling | Markowitz, Lawrence P. 1970- Verfasser aut State erosion unlootable resources and unruly elites in Central Asia Lawrence P. Markowitz Ithaca Cornell University Press 2013 1 online resource (pages cm.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on print version record Rethinking the resource curse -- Rents and resources under soviet rule -- Pathways to failure : Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- Tajikistan's fractious state -- Coercion and rent-seeking in Uzbekistan -- Weak and failed states in comparative perspective "State failure is a central challenge to international peace and security in the post-Cold War era. Yet theorizing on the causes of state failure remains surprisingly limited. In State Erosion, Lawrence P. Markowitz draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Central Asian republics--Tajikistan, where state institutions fragmented into a five-year civil war from 1992 through 1997, and Uzbekistan, which constructed one of the largest state security apparatuses in post-Soviet Eurasia--to advance a theory of state failure focused on unlootable resources, rent seeking, and unruly elites. In Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other countries with low capital mobility--where resources cannot be extracted, concealed, or transported to market without state intervention--local elites may control resources, but they depend on patrons to convert their resources into rents. Markowitz argues that different rent-seeking opportunities either promote the cooptation of local elites to the regime or incite competition over rents, which in turn lead to either cohesion or fragmentation. Markowitz distinguishes between weak states and failed states, challenges the assumption that state failure in a country begins at the center and radiates outward, and expands the "resource curse" argument to include cash crop economies, where mechanisms of state failure differ from those involved in fossil fuels and minerals"-- Since 1991 fast Geschichte 1991-2010 gnd rswk-swf HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia bisacsh HISTORY / Asia / General bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) bisacsh Elite (Social sciences) / Political activity fast Failed states fast Natural resources / Political aspects fast Political science fast Politik Politische Wissenschaft Failed states Tajikistan Natural resources Political aspects Tajikistan Natural resources Political aspects Uzbekistan Elite (Social sciences) Political activity Tajikistan Elite (Social sciences) Political activity Uzbekistan Failed State (DE-588)7687452-7 gnd rswk-swf Elite (DE-588)4014457-4 gnd rswk-swf Ressourcenpolitik (DE-588)4177874-1 gnd rswk-swf Asien Tadschikistan (DE-588)4058877-4 gnd rswk-swf Usbekistan (DE-588)4062199-6 gnd rswk-swf Tadschikistan (DE-588)4058877-4 g Usbekistan (DE-588)4062199-6 g Failed State (DE-588)7687452-7 s Elite (DE-588)4014457-4 s Ressourcenpolitik (DE-588)4177874-1 s Geschichte 1991-2010 z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 0-8014-5187-6 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 978-0-8014-5187-4 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=671521 Aggregator Volltext |
spellingShingle | Markowitz, Lawrence P. 1970- State erosion unlootable resources and unruly elites in Central Asia Rethinking the resource curse -- Rents and resources under soviet rule -- Pathways to failure : Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- Tajikistan's fractious state -- Coercion and rent-seeking in Uzbekistan -- Weak and failed states in comparative perspective "State failure is a central challenge to international peace and security in the post-Cold War era. Yet theorizing on the causes of state failure remains surprisingly limited. In State Erosion, Lawrence P. Markowitz draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Central Asian republics--Tajikistan, where state institutions fragmented into a five-year civil war from 1992 through 1997, and Uzbekistan, which constructed one of the largest state security apparatuses in post-Soviet Eurasia--to advance a theory of state failure focused on unlootable resources, rent seeking, and unruly elites. In Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other countries with low capital mobility--where resources cannot be extracted, concealed, or transported to market without state intervention--local elites may control resources, but they depend on patrons to convert their resources into rents. Markowitz argues that different rent-seeking opportunities either promote the cooptation of local elites to the regime or incite competition over rents, which in turn lead to either cohesion or fragmentation. Markowitz distinguishes between weak states and failed states, challenges the assumption that state failure in a country begins at the center and radiates outward, and expands the "resource curse" argument to include cash crop economies, where mechanisms of state failure differ from those involved in fossil fuels and minerals"-- HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia bisacsh HISTORY / Asia / General bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) bisacsh Elite (Social sciences) / Political activity fast Failed states fast Natural resources / Political aspects fast Political science fast Politik Politische Wissenschaft Failed states Tajikistan Natural resources Political aspects Tajikistan Natural resources Political aspects Uzbekistan Elite (Social sciences) Political activity Tajikistan Elite (Social sciences) Political activity Uzbekistan Failed State (DE-588)7687452-7 gnd Elite (DE-588)4014457-4 gnd Ressourcenpolitik (DE-588)4177874-1 gnd |
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title_auth | State erosion unlootable resources and unruly elites in Central Asia |
title_exact_search | State erosion unlootable resources and unruly elites in Central Asia |
title_full | State erosion unlootable resources and unruly elites in Central Asia Lawrence P. Markowitz |
title_fullStr | State erosion unlootable resources and unruly elites in Central Asia Lawrence P. Markowitz |
title_full_unstemmed | State erosion unlootable resources and unruly elites in Central Asia Lawrence P. Markowitz |
title_short | State erosion |
title_sort | state erosion unlootable resources and unruly elites in central asia |
title_sub | unlootable resources and unruly elites in Central Asia |
topic | HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia bisacsh HISTORY / Asia / General bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) bisacsh Elite (Social sciences) / Political activity fast Failed states fast Natural resources / Political aspects fast Political science fast Politik Politische Wissenschaft Failed states Tajikistan Natural resources Political aspects Tajikistan Natural resources Political aspects Uzbekistan Elite (Social sciences) Political activity Tajikistan Elite (Social sciences) Political activity Uzbekistan Failed State (DE-588)7687452-7 gnd Elite (DE-588)4014457-4 gnd Ressourcenpolitik (DE-588)4177874-1 gnd |
topic_facet | HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia HISTORY / Asia / General POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) Elite (Social sciences) / Political activity Failed states Natural resources / Political aspects Political science Politik Politische Wissenschaft Failed states Tajikistan Natural resources Political aspects Tajikistan Natural resources Political aspects Uzbekistan Elite (Social sciences) Political activity Tajikistan Elite (Social sciences) Political activity Uzbekistan Failed State Elite Ressourcenpolitik Asien Tadschikistan Usbekistan |
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