Culture and crisis communication : transboundary cases from nonwestern perspectives

Table of Contents: “…Pratt and Ronald Lee Carr ; Kazakhstan. Understanding the Zhanaozen crisis through the intercultural lenses of Eurasianism in Kazakhstan / Elena Kolesova and Dila Beisembayeva ; Malaysia. …”
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Commonwealth of Independent States economies : perspectives and challenges

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After the czars and commissars : journalism in authoritarian post-Soviet Central Asia

Table of Contents: “…Journalism education and professional training in Kazakhstan: from the Soviet era to Independence / Maureen J. …”
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After the czars and commissars : journalism in authoritarian post-Soviet Central Asia

Table of Contents: “…Journalism education and professional training in Kazakhstan: from the Soviet era to Independence / Maureen J. …”
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Economic action in theory and practice : anthropological investigations

Table of Contents: “…Wood -- Borrowed places: eviction wars and property rights formalization in Kazakhstan / Saulesh Yessenova -- Resolving the problem of inequality in the distribution of wealth in Brazil: approaches derived from the Infante Dom Pedro of Portugal, Adam Smith, Karl Marx and Louis Kelso / Sidney M. …”
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Everyday Life in Central Asia : Past and Present. by Sahadeo, Jeff

Table of Contents: “…Gender Relations in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan; 12 Fat and All That: Good Eating the Uzbek Way; 13 Public and Private Celebrations: Uzbekistan's National Holidays; 14 Music across the Kazakh Steppe; Part 5: Nation, State, and Society in the Everyday; Introduction.…”
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InFlux : Contemporary Art in Asia. by Mukherji, Parul Dave

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; General Introduction; Section 1: Contested Terrains and Critical Reimaginings; Introduction; 1 -- The Illusions and Antagonisms of Civilizational Exchange; 2 -- The Elephant and the Ant; 3 -- Worlding Asia; 4 -- Cartographic Necessities; 5 -- Curating Barbarians; Section 2 -- Tropes and Places; Introduction; 6 -- Miniature, Monster, and Modernism; 7 -- An Honest Engagement with the Pitfalls (and Perks) of the Ethnic(Rubric); 8 -- Retrieving the Far West; 9 -- Interrogating the Sacred; 10 -- The Art of Kazakhstan as a Political Project.…”
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The Balkars of Southern Russia and their deportation (1944-57) by Baker, Karen, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…-- Predeportation: the massacre of Sautu -- The deportation of the Balkars: introduction -- Russia's practice of population relocations -- The Caucasus experience: entire nations -- Reasons given for the deportations -- March 8, 1944 -- Personal experiences of the Balkars -- The special settlements -- Balkars in the special settlements of Kazakhstan -- Balkars in the special settlements of Kyrgyzstan -- The repatriation and rehabilitation of the deported Balkars -- The lingering effect of the deportation on the successor generations: social; political; cultural; spiritual -- Future perspectives -- Conclusion.…”
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Consumer research for museum marketers : audience insights money can't buy by Wallace, Margot A., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Observational research versus the other researches -- Methodology -- The hand-holders : connecting to your museum -- Twitching on the tour -- Sitting down -- Turning right -- Dress code -- Museum goers don't get fat : tribal marketing -- Men : another new market segment -- Lunchtime stories -- Taking photos -- Early birds -- Shopping for memories -- Handheld children : the new demographic -- Long lines and smiles -- Queue-less in the lobby -- Frail and hardy -- What the guards see -- The folks from Kazakhstan and other global changes -- Shout out for the library -- Insights and the performing arts -- Velcroed at the ticket window -- The upside of intermission -- Epilogue.…”
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Central Asia and the Caucasus : transnationalism and diaspora

Table of Contents: “…Transnationalism and diaspora in Central Asia and the Caucasus / Touraj Atabaki -- Nationalism from without / Jolle Demmers -- Towards a typology of diasporas in Kazakhstan / Shirin Akiner -- Russians in post-Soviet Central Asia / Kulbhushan Warikoo -- State, homeland, and diaspora : the Armenian and Azerbaijani cases / Stephan Astourian -- Diaspora and global civil society : the impact of transnational diasporic activism on Armenia's post-Soviet transition / Armine Ishkanian -- Afghan communities in Uzbekistan / Natalya Khan -- Uighur community in 1990s Central Asia / Ablet Kamalov -- The Afghan diaspora / Eden Naby -- Islam in China / Dru C. …”
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Risk-based tax audits : approaches and country experiences

Table of Contents: “…Fundamentals of risk-based audits -- Key principles of risk-based audits -- Risk-based audits : assessing the risks -- Approaches to audits for different taxpayer segments -- A risk based approach to large businesses -- Simplified risk scoring for SME's -- Infrastructure for risk analysis -- Database and it framework for risk analysis -- Building and integrating databases for risk profiles in the United Kingdom -- Data warehouse and data mining tools for risk management : the case of Turkey -- Country experiences in risk based tax audits -- Sweden -- The Netherlands -- Bulgaria -- India -- Ukraine -- Kazakhstan -- Which audit selection strategy? : a review -- Conclusion: lessons for reforms.…”
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Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus : migration, democratisation and inequality in the post-Soviet era

Table of Contents: “…/ Isabelle Obayon, Silvia Serrano and Amandine Regamey -- The origins of a colonial vision of southern Russia from the Tsars to the Soviets : about some imperial practices in the Caucasus / Claire Mouradian -- "Trust in cadres" and the party-based control in Central Asia during the Brejnev era / Tetsuro Chida -- Nations and post-colonialism in Central Asia : twenty years later / Sergei Abashin -- Functional clusters and diverging paths in post-Soviet South : the Georgian case / George Tarkhan-Mouravi -- Systemic change in two Central Asian rentier states : Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan / Hélène Rousselot -- Human capital and inequality in Tajikistan : intercommunication and interdependence / Saodat Olimova and Muzzafar Olimov -- Measures of poverty in the Caucasus and Central Asia : international approaches and specificities of southern countries of the former Soviet Union / Cécile Lefèvre and Sophie Hohmann -- The post-Soviet space between North and South : discontinuities, disparities and migrations / Julien Thorez -- Female migration into Russia from Central Asian countries : migrants researching migrants / Natalia Zotova and Victor Agadjanian -- Labour migrations in the Omsk region : administrative and economic workforce management practices and construction of new social relations / Anne Le Huérou -- The state and the diaspora : bureaucratic and discursive practices in the construction of a transnational community / Sergei Rumyantsev -- Political and cultural tools of Turkey's presence in Central Asia : the ambiguities of a nationalist modernization model / Stéphane De Tapia -- Paradox of the "good governance agenda" : geopolitical externalities and development practice in Tajikistan / Mana Farooghi.…”
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The Art of Neighbouring : Making Relations Across China's Borders. by Saxer, Martin

Table of Contents: “…Trading on Change: Bazaars and Social Transformation in the Borderlands of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang / Henryk Alff5. …”
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Halley's comet

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Materializing identities in socialist and post-socialist cities

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface (Luďa Klusáková); Materializing Identities in Socialist and Post-Socialist Cities (Jiří Janáč -- Jaroslav Ira); Society and Space in (Post- )Socialist Cities: Directions in Research (Natallia Linitskaya); Tractor at the Avenue: Post-War Reconstruction of Minsk, 1944-1960 (Natallia Linitskaya); Public Spaces and Nation-Building in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan (1991-2001) (Nari Shelekpayev); Is Name Destiny? …”
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New Tigers and Old Elephants : the Development Game in the 21st Century and Beyond. by Breckinridge, Sophonisba

Table of Contents: “…Out of the Communist Brush: Slovenia, Vietnam, and Kazakhstan; Part III Old Elephants; 7. An Old Elephant: Brazil; 8. …”
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Conversion after socialism : disruptions, modernisms and technologies of faith in the former Soviet Union

Table of Contents: “…: negotiating continuity and discontinuity in contemporary Altai / Ludek Broz -- Redefining Chukchi practices in contexts of conversion to Pentecostalism / Virginie Vaté -- Christianization of words and selves : Nenets reindeer herders joining the state through conversion / Laur Vallikivi -- Right singing and conversion to Orthodox Christianity in Estonia / Jeffers Engelhardt -- The civility and pragmatism of Charismatic Christianity in Lithuania / Gediminas Lankauskas -- Networks of faith in Kazakhstan / William Clark -- Temporary conversions : encounters with Pentecostalism in Muslim Kyrgyzstan / Mathijs Pelkmans -- Conversion and the mobile self : evangelicalism as 'travelling culture' / Catherine Wanner -- Postsocialism, postcolonialism, Pentecostalism / J.D.Y. …”
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Intellectual Capital in Education. by Lombardi, Rosa (Professor of accounting)

Table of Contents: “…Covers; Editorial advisory board; Guest editorial; Identifying future directions for IC research in education: a literature review; Ten years of using knowledge balance sheets in Austrian public universities; Human capital loss in an academic performance measurement system; Intellectual capital and university performance in emerging countries; With or without CU; Transmitting competencies at universities in Kazakhstan: intellectual capital of teachers; The impact of higher education on entrepreneurial intention and human capital.…”
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Foreign policies of the CIS states : a comprehensive reference

Table of Contents: “…Conceptual Framework and Mechanisms of Foreign PolicyForeign Policy Priorities; Economic Diplomacy; Table 3.1 Foreign Trade of Azerbaijan, 2014 (millions); Note; Suggested Readings; Ch4- Republic of Belarus; Foreign Policy Determinants; Conceptual Framework and Mechanisms of Foreign Policy; The Eurasian and Euro-Atlantic Vectors in Foreign Policy; Economic Diplomacy and Cooperation with Emerging Countries; Notes; Suggested Readings; Ch5- Republic of Kazakhstan; Conceptual Framework and Mechanism of Foreign Policy; Foreign Policy Priorities; Main Foreign Policy Partners…”
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The Nomadic alternative : modes and models of interaction in the African-Asian deserts and steppes

Table of Contents: “…Vajnshtejn -- Ethnic communities with survivals of clan and tribal structure in Central Asia and Kazakhstan in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / T.A. …”
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Rural Transition in Azerbaijan. by Lerman, Zvi

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Power's Promise : Electricity Reforms in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. by Lampietti, Julian A.

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Eurasian Economic Perspectives : Proceedings of the 20th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference - Vol. 2. by Bilgin, Mehmet Huseyin

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Who Owns the Stock? : Collective and Multiple Property Rights in Animals. by Khazanov, Anatoly M.

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter 5 -- Milk and Antlers: Partitioned Rights; Part II -- The Eurasian Steppe; Chapter 6 -- Pastoral Property in Kazakhstan; Chapter 7 -- Ownership and Control in Mongolia; Part III -- Africa; Chapter 8 -- Property Rights in Cattle; Chapter 9 -- Pastoral Intensification and Islamic Renewal; Chapter 10 -- From Cultural Property to Market Goods.…”
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In space. Episode 14

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Death on the silk road by Hering, Richard

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Sources and Methods : Labour Statistics. Employment in the Tourism Industries. Special Edition. by Office, International Labor

Table of Contents: “…Preface; introduction; national statistics; albania; argentina; armenia; australia; austria; azerbaijan; bahamas; bahrain; barbados; belgium; bermuda; bolivia; botswana; brazil; bulgaria; canada; china; colombia; costa rica; croatia; cuba; dominica; dominican republic; ecuador; egypt; estonia; finland; france; gabon; georgia; gibraltar; greece; honduras; hungary; ireland; israel; jamaica; jordan; kazakhstan; kenya; kyrgyzstan; latvia; liechtenstein; lithuania; luxembourg; macao, china; madagascar; malaysia; maldives; mauritius; mexico; montenegro; morocco; mozambique; new zealand; norway.…”
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Covid-19 Governance Issues, Responses, Implications. by Lytras, Miltiadis

Table of Contents: “…Determinants of overall public trust in local government: meditation of government response to COVID-19 in Indonesian context -- Exposing policy gaps: the experience of Kazakhstan in implementing distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Policies, politics and pandemics: course delivery method for US higher educational institutions amid COVID-19…”
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Export pipelines from the CIS region : geopolitics, securitization, and political decision-making

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Cinemas of the other : a personal journey with film-makers from Central Asia by Dn̲mez-Colin, Gn̲ül

Table of Contents: “…FrontCover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Kazakhstan; Ardak Amirkulov and Ermek Shinarbaev; A New Beginning; Being Young in Almaty; Serik Aprimov; The Last Stop is Aksuat; The Need for Hunters; Rachid Nugmanov; The Wild East, Rockers, Bikers and a New Life; Kyrgyzstan; Chingiz Aitmatov; The Equivocal Marriage of Literature and Cinema; Aktan Arymkubat (Abdikalikov); The Most Successful Kyrgyz Film-maker; Let There Be Light; Ernest Abdizhaparov; Minimalist World; Gennadi Bazarov; A Culture to Share with the Young; Tolomush Okeev.…”
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Ideology and National Identity in Post-communist Foreign. by Fawn, Rick

Table of Contents: “…Ideas, Identity and Output in Kazakhstan's Foreign Policy.…”
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CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT geology, evolution, tectonics, and models;geology, evolution, tectonics, and models.

Table of Contents: “…. -- Geology and evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in Kazakhstan and the western Tianshan / Biske, Yu.S. -- Palaeozoic palaeomagnetism of the southwestern segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt -- A critical review / Kirscher, U. and Bachtadse, V. -- Neoproterozoic accretion of the Tuva-Mongolian massif, one of the Precambrian terranes in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt / Kuzmichev, A.B.…”
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Rhinoceros giants : the paleobiology of Indricotheres by Prothero, Donald R.

Table of Contents: “…Beasts of Baluchistan ; Monsters of Mongolia ; Mysteries of Kazakhstan ; Talking Turkey -- Rhino Roots. Rhinos without Horns ; Rhino Radiation ; Hyracodonts and Indricotheres -- What's in a Name?. …”
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Rhinoceros giants : the paleobiology of Indricotheres by Prothero, Donald R.

Table of Contents: “…Beasts of Baluchistan ; Monsters of Mongolia ; Mysteries of Kazakhstan ; Talking Turkey -- Rhino Roots. Rhinos without Horns ; Rhino Radiation ; Hyracodonts and Indricotheres -- What's in a Name?. …”
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Slaying the nuclear dragon : disarmament dynamics in the twenty-first century

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the nuclear dragon: no longer out on the prowl -- The optimistic nuclear weapon states: the United States and the United Kingdom / David Santoro -- Advocating the elimination of nuclear weapons: the role of key individual and coalition states / Marianne Hanson -- The rollback states: South Africa and Kazakhstan / Stephen F. Burgess and Togzhan Kassenova -- The pessimistic nuclear weapon states: France, Russia, and China / David Santoro -- The threshold states: Japan and Brazil / Maria Rost Rublee -- The nuclear energy aspirants: Egypt and Vietnam / Tanya Ogilvie-White and Maria Rost Rublee -- The nuclear holdouts: India, Israel, and Pakistan / Devin T. …”
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Slaying the nuclear dragon : disarmament dynamics in the twenty-first century

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the nuclear dragon: no longer out on the prowl -- The optimistic nuclear weapon states: the United States and the United Kingdom / David Santoro -- Advocating the elimination of nuclear weapons: the role of key individual and coalition states / Marianne Hanson -- The rollback states: South Africa and Kazakhstan / Stephen F. Burgess and Togzhan Kassenova -- The pessimistic nuclear weapon states: France, Russia, and China / David Santoro -- The threshold states: Japan and Brazil / Maria Rost Rublee -- The nuclear energy aspirants: Egypt and Vietnam / Tanya Ogilvie-White and Maria Rost Rublee -- The nuclear holdouts: India, Israel, and Pakistan / Devin T. …”
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Changing bureaucratic behavior : acquisition reform in the United States Army by Schmidt, Conrad Peter

Table of Contents: “…TURKEYÃŒS ELUSIVE QUEST FOR A LARGER ROLEIRAN: CHIPPING AWAY AT THE MARGINS -- INDIA AND PAKISTAN -- TRANSNATIONAL THREATS -- THE RISK OF WMD PROLIFERATION -- Tajikistan -- Kyrgyzstan -- Turkmenistan -- Kazakhstan -- Uzbekistan -- Azerbaijan -- The Risk of Leakage -- THE SPREAD OF POLITICAL ISLAM -- CASPIAN OIL AND ENERGY SECURITY -- IMPLICATIONS FOR NATO AND WESTERN POLICY AND PLANNING -- PEACETIME MILITARY ACTIVITIES -- CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND PEACEKEEPING -- MAJOR MILITARY OPERATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY…”
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Building business in post-communist Russia, eastern Europe, and Eurasia : collective goods, selective incentives, and predatory states by Duvanova, Dinissa, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…The Federation of Restaurants and Hotels5.3 Changing Times -- Changing Roles; The Ukrainian Association of Leasing Companies and Entrepreneurs (UALCE); The League of Trade Merchants, Russia; 5.4 Selective Regulatory Relief; Self-Regulation on a Large Scale (The Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry); Sectoral Self-Regulation in Russia; Inspection Emergency Call (the Almaty Association of Entrepreneurs, Kazakhstan); 5.5 Collective Goods; Association of Trade Companies and Producers of Appliances and Electronics; The Association of Croatian Exporters.…”
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Subterranean estates : life worlds of oil and gas

Table of Contents: “…The Political Economy of Oil Privatization in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan -- Part V. Oil Futures and Oil Transitions -- 15. …”
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Africa in the changing world development paradigm : 12th Conference of Africanists, Moscow, Russia, May 24-26, 2011 : abstracts

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