Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

Audrey Altstadt

Audrey Altstadt

Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

Columbia University Press | 2017

https://doi.org/10.7312/alts70456

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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.

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Audrey L. Altstadt is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She was a fellow at the Wilson Center in 2014–15.

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Richard Kauzlarich, former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan:
Audrey L. Altstadt is the finest American scholar on Azerbaijan. She has the perspective of a historian complemented by current contacts inside and outside of Azerbaijan and a strong policy sense.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
Contents Free access PDF PDF	ix
List of Maps and Tables Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	xi
Preface Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	xiii
Acknowledgments Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	xv
Notes on Languages and Spelling Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	xvii
Acronyms and Abbreviations Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	xix
Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
1. A Starting Point: History and Geopolitics and What They Tell Us Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	6
2. The Open Wound: Mountainous Karabagh and National Consciousness Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	31
3. Azerbaijan’s Best and Brightest: The Rise, Decline, and Renewal of the Democratic Opposition Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	48
4. Oil Lifts All Boats? Social and Economic Repercussions and the Rise of Corruption Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	97
5. Jail for the “Donkey Bloggers”: Crushing Youth Activism, Human Rights, and a Free Media Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	139
6. Allah-u Akbar: Islam in Azerbaijan— Piety, Politics, and the Future Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	180
7. What’s Next? The Choices Ahead Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	219
Notes Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	247
Selected Bibliography of Major Sources Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	297
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	307

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