Islam in Central Asia and the Caucasus Since the Fall of the Soviet Union

A tour d'horizon of the role Islam plays in politics and the private sphere in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

About the author

Bayram Balci is a researcher at CERI Sciences Po, Paris. He holds degrees in political science and Islamic studies and was Director of the French Institute for Central Asian Studies, Uzbekistan (2006-10). A visiting scholar at Carnegie, Washington, DC (2011 and 2014), Balci’s research focuses on Islam in Turkey, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.

Summary

A tour d’horizon of the role Islam plays in politics and the private sphere in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Product details

• Authors: Bayram Balci, Balci Bayram
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781849049689
• ISBN: 978-1-84904-968-9
• Series: CERI: Comparative Politics and International Studies Series; CERI: Comparative Politics and International Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Central Asia, Religion & politics, Religion and Politics, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union