TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Patnaik, Ajay
AU  - Tulsiram
TI  - Post-Soviet States : Two Decades of Transition & Transformation
SN  - 9789381904206
U1  - 947.086 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Knowledge world
KW  - Social change
KW  - Soviet Union--Former Soviet republics
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Economic history
N2  - Since their independence in 1991, the former Soviet Republics have gone through difficult transition processes to achieve cultural, economical and political transformations. Diverse internal dynamics have produced diverse outcomes for the countries and peoples of the former Soviet space. While there are different results of transition, there are also similarities due to many common concerns and expectations. The most important question is, What have these new states transformed into where democracy, free market, and functioning civil society are concerned? Or, Has the transformation led to greater polarization in terms of rich and poor divide, authoritarianism and withdrawal of the state from providing social security, contested geopolitics and increasing external influence? Apart from discussing the challenges that the post-Soviet states face and their coping strategies, the articles in this book also look at how the Eurasian countries participate in the globalization process while using the energy and natural resources to their benefit
ER  -