Central Asian Cities: Between Demography and Politics

... exceeded 50 percent. This trend is also apparent in the post-Soviet space, chiefly in Central Asia. In 1959, city-dwellers accounted for 38.5 percent of the population, whereas... ... of non-Asians, while on the other, the titular ethnic groups gained ground through migration from the countryside. For example, over the period 1989-2014, the share of... ... regime change through peripheral conflicts. The partly-Islamist revolt in Andijon, Uzbekistan in May 2005 was crushed swiftly and ruthlessly, although the uprising was...