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The Islamic Revival in post-Soviet Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) offers a rich case study concerning the role of Islamism in international politics. The international relations literature on the region has not explored this phenomenon deeply, due in part to the limited account of ideational factors offered by the predominant approaches to international relations theory. Building on the constructivist argument that a causal account of ideational factors can be supplemented with a constitutive account that locates these factors in their social and historical contexts, the thesis explores ideology as a conceptual framework that may be used to link the different manifestations of political Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia, including Islamist movements (Islamic Renaissance Party, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and Hizb ut-Tahrir), the repression and cooptation of the Islamic revival Central Asian states, and the perception of the Islamic Revival as a threat to regional and international security. ; October 2009

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction -- The Framework of Why, Who, How and What -- Why Governments Are Involved in Tourism -- Who is Involved in Tourism Management? -- How Managers Manage -- What Results? Practice and Performance -- A Comparative Approach -- Five Countries -- Summary -- Suggested Reading -- 2: Why Tourism? -- Definitions -- Historical Reasons for Government Involvement in Tourism -- Economic Reasons for Government Involvement in Tourism -- Summary -- Suggested Reading -- 3: Public Sector Management and Tourism -- Why: Political Environment and Principles -- Who: Multiplicity and Diversity -- How: Formal, Informal and Changes -- Summary -- Suggested Reading -- 4: Management From the Centre: Formulation -- Why: Responsibilities, Ideology and Objectives -- Who: Leaders, Ministries and Organisations -- How: Process and Initiatives, Formal and Informal -- What Results? Practice and Performance, United Kingdom -- Summary -- Suggested Reading -- 5: Management From the Centre: Implementation -- Why: Implementation and Difficulties -- Who: Federal, State and Statutory Organisations -- How: Power, Finance, Functions, Problems and Planning -- Summary -- Suggested Reading -- 6: Management at the Local Level -- Why: Representation, Responsibilities, Ideology and Objectives -- Who: Representatives, Managers and Industry -- How: Leadership, Community, Power and Principles -- What Results? England, Australia, Thailand -- Summary -- Suggested Reading -- 7: Public Management and the Private Sector -- Why: Responsibility, Mutual Importance -- Who: The Industry, Government Business Enterprises -- How: Politics, Freedom, Dependency, Regional Boards -- Summary -- Suggested Reading.