{"product_id":"democracy-in-central-asia-competing-perspectives-and-alternative-strategies-hardcover","title":"Democracy in Central Asia: Competing Perspectives and Alternative Strategies - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMariya Y. Omelicheva\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePromoting democracy has long been a priority of Western foreign policy. In practice, however, international attempts to expand representative forms of government have been inconsistent and are often perceived in the West to have been failures. The states of Central Asia, in particular, seem to be \"\"democracy resistant,\"\" and their governments have continued to support various forms of authoritarianism in the decades following the Soviet Union's collapse. In Democracy in Central Asia, Mariya Omeli\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMariya Y. Omelicheva\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of political science at the University of Kansas and the author of \u003ci\u003e Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9.28 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52932692967731,"sku":"9780813160689","price":151.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ixQ5xxORnW9780813160689.webp?v=1767873209","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/democracy-in-central-asia-competing-perspectives-and-alternative-strategies-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}