Download or read book Power and Change in Central Asia written by Sally Cummings and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-01-14 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers the first systematic comparison of political change, leadership style and stability in Central Asia. The contributors, all leading international specialists on the region, offer focused case-studies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, comparing how the regimes have further consolidated their power and resisted change.