Table of Contents:
  • The Continuity of Change: Old Formulas and New Institutions
  • Explaining Institutional Design in Transitional States: Beyond Structure Versus Agency
  • Sources of Continuity: the Soviet Legacy in Central Asia
  • Sources of Change: the Transitional Context in Central Asia
  • Establishing an Electoral System in Kyrgyzstan: Rise of the Regions
  • Establishing an Electoral System in Uzbekistan: Revenge of the Center
  • Establishing an Electoral System in Kazakhstan: the Center's Rise and the Regions' Revenge
  • Institutional Change Through Continuity: Shifting Power and Prospects for Democracy
  • Career Patterns of Regional Leaders in Soviet and Post-Soviet Central Asia.