The Political Economy of Central Asia

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Central Asian republics are still coming to terms with their post-communist economies, their role in the region and the wider world, and their needs for identity, governance and growth. Thisis an original study addressing the processes by which these transitions take place.

Gül Berna Özcan is Senior Lecturer in European Business and Corporate Governance at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research interests include small and medium-sized enterprises, entrepreneurship, governance and decentralisation, European business, political economy of Turkey and Southern Europe, Islam and business, corporate governance, transition economies of Central Asia and enterprise development.