The political economy of reform in Central Asia: Uzbekistan under authoritarianism

The Political Economy of Reform in Central Asia: Uzbekistan under Authoritarianism

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-172

  Spechler, Martin C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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