Books in the Culture and Society in Western and Central Asia series

A multifaceted portrayal of border life, this book provides an empirical illumination of the psychological function of borders in creating (and keeping out) an imagined 'other'. It also explores practical dimensions of borders in the context of boundary transgressing resources such as water.

Government interventions in the economies of developing countries frequently do not achieve their intended goals. Policy-makers'' expectations often fall wide of the mark when compared with actual behaviour of consumers, producers and businessmen. In an important study that has wide significance for the field of development economics as a whole, Javad Amid and Amjad Hadjikhani study the impact of trade and industrial policies on the economy and business behaviour of Iran.

President Vladimir Putin's consent after September 11th to the deployment of Western forces in Central Asia and to the US military's use of Central Asian airfields during the US-led operations in Afghanistan represented a dramatic turn in Russian Central Asian policy.