Ascher, Ivan; Patten, Alexandra; Monczewski, Denise - Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian … - 2000
Since the late 1980s, the Caucasus and Caspian littoral states have passed through a period of extreme turmoil. In addition to the economic costs of decentralizing and marketizing their economies and the political difficulties associated with constructing new political and institutional...