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

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