Theorizing Central Asian Politics

1. Political Theory and Central Asia: An Introduction. - 2. Legitimacy and Legitimation in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. - 3. Governmentalization of Kazakhstani State: Between Governmentality and Neopatrimonial Capitalism. - 4. Theorizing the managerialism-neoliberalism-development nexus: Changing donor landscapes and persistence of practices in Kyrgyzstan. - 5. Rawlsian Liberalism and Rationalistic Maturidi Islam in Central Asia. - 6. In Search for National Purpose : in Theory and Practice. Formation and Main Features of National ideologies in post-Soviet Central Asia. - 7. Compartmentalized Ideology: Presidential Addresses and Legitimation in Kazakhstan. - 8. Beyond Personality Cults : Sacralization of Power in Kazakhstan and the Concept of Monarchy. - 9. Eternal Futurostan: Myths, Fantasies and the Making of Astana in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. - 10. The State Identities in post-Soviet Foreign Policy: Theories and Cases in Central Asia. - 11. The Heartland of IR Theory? Central Asia as an `International Society between Realism and Liberalism. - 12. The Incomplete State: Re-conceptualizing State and Society Relations in Central Asia. - 13. Driving in Almaty: Ironic Perspectives on Domestic Anarchical Society. - 14. Postscript: Dude Where is my Theory? .