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Economic Transition And Institutional Change In Central Asia / Joachim Ahrens And Herman W. Hoen -- Market Reform And Institutional Changes In Kazakhstan And Uzbekistan: Paradoxes And Prospects / Herman W. Hoen And Farrukh Irnazarov -- Social Capital And The Formation Of A Market Economy: The Case Of Uzbekistan / Manuela Troschke -- Turkmenistan After Turkmenbashi / Richard Pomfret -- Poverty, Governance, And Participation In Tajikistan / Frank Bliss -- The Political Economy Of Kazakh Foreign Policy / Andrea Schmitz -- The Institutional Persistence Of Patrimonialism In The Kyrgyz Republic: Testing A Path Dependency (1991-2010) / Rubén Ruiz Ramas -- The Political Economy Of Governance Reform In Central Asia / Jörn Grävingholt -- Informal Integration And Decentralization In Central Asia / Alexander Libman -- Analyzing Bottlenecks For Institutional Development In Central Asia: Is It Oil, Aid, Or Geography? / Inna Melnykovska And Rainer Schweickert -- Will Russia Regain Its Dominant Role In Central Asia? / Martin C. Spechler And Dina R. Spechler -- Central Asia And Russia: Two Alternative Perspectives / Alexander Libman -- Policy Transfer Between The European Union And The Countries From Central Asia / Nienke De Deugd -- The Usa And Central Asia: Intermittent Allies / Dina R. Spechler And Martin C. Spechler -- Central Asian Countries: Forms Of International Integration And The Impact Of The Crisis Of 2008 / Martin Myant And Jan Drahokoupil. Edited By Joachim Ahrens And Herman W. Hoen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.