Subject: New CCSI Pub: "Civil Society in Central Asia"
From: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 21 1999 - 19:38:07 EDT
Civil Society in Central Asia
CCSI announces the immediate availability of "Civil Society in Central
Asia"--a pathbreaking collection of essays by scholars and activists that
looks at the social and institutional developments which are shaping this
important region's future. This timely book matches contributions by
leading specialists such as S. Frederick Starr, Olivier Roy, Aziz Niyazi,
Scott Horton, Alla Kazakina, Abdumannob Polat, and Reuel Hanks with the
insights of individuals who have been working on the ground in the
struggle for civil society in Central Asia itself--representatives of
organizations such as Counterpart, Internews, and the Kazakstan
International Bureau for Human Rights.
Topics addressed include the legal framework for independent associational
activity, grassroots movements for environmental protection, the
resurgence of Islam and the viability of the Soviet-era collective farms.
A 75-page appendix provides a guide to many of the most significant
projects being carried out by local and international NGOs in the region.
(See below for the book's table of contents.)
Editors of "Civil Society in Central Asia" are M. Holt Ruffin, executive
director of Center for Civil Society International (CCSI), and Daniel C.
Waugh, associate professor of history and international studies,
University of Washington. A majority of the essays in the book are based
upon presentations originally made at a two-day conference on the same
theme hosted in late spring 1998 by the Central Asia--Caucasus Institute
at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC.
"Civil Society in Central Asia" is 331 pages in length and sells for
$19.95 + $4 shipping and handling for domestic orders. (For international
orders, contact CCSI for shipping rates.) The book is a co-publication of
Center for Civil Society International; the Central Asia-Caucasus
Institute, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins
University; and the University of Washington Press. ISBN: 0-295-97795-7.
Order now from CCSI.
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Civil Society in Central Asia
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
M. Holt Ruffin
Civil Society in Central Asia
S. Frederick Starr
The Legal Regulation of NGOs: Central Asia at a Crossroads
Scott Horton and Alla Kazakina
Freedom of Association and the Question of Its Realization in
Kazakhstan
Evgeny A. Zhovtis
Government and Nonprofit Sector Relations in the Kyrgyz Republic
Erkinbek Kasybekov
Environmental NGOs and the Development of Civil Society in Central
Asia
Kate Watters
Kolkhoz and Civil Society in the Independent States of Central
Asia
Olivier Roy
Prospects for Development of an Independent Media in Kazakhstan
Oleg Katsiev
Can Uzbekistan Build Democracy and Civil Society?
Abdumannob Polat
Civil Society and Identity in Uzbekistan: The Emergent Role of
Islam
Reuel Hanks
Islam and Tajikistan's Human and Ecological Crisis
Aziz Niyazi
Women's NGOs in Central Asia's Evolving Societies
Ula Ikramova and Kathryn McConnell
The Real Work: Sustaining NGO Growth in Central Asia
Jay Cooper
Organizations
Online Resources
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