Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures, Tables, and Maps ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. List of Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Rethinking the Resource Curse 16
8. 2. Resources and Rents under Soviet Rule 30
9. 3. Pathways to Failure: Tajikistan and Uzbekistan 51
10. 4. Tajikistan’s Fractious State 77
11. 5. Coercion and Rent-Seeking in Uzbekistan 100
12. 6. Weak and Failed States in Comparative Perspective 124
13. Conclusion 147
14. Appendix 157
15. Notes 159
16. Index 193