Table of Contents

List of Maps and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Notes on Languages and Spelling List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction 1. A Starting Point: History and Geopolitics and What They Tell Us 2. The Open Wound: Mountainous Karabagh and National Consciousness 3. Azerbaijan's Best and Brightest: The Rise, Decline, and Renewal of the Democratic Opposition 4. Oil Lifts All Boats? Social and Economic Repercussions and the Rise of Corruption 5. Jail for the "Donkey Bloggers": Crushing Youth Activism, Human Rights, and a Free Media 6. Allah-u Akbar: Islam in Azerbaijan-Piety, Politics, and the Future 7. What's Next? The Choices Ahead Notes Selected Bibliography of Major Sources Index

About the Author

Audrey L. Altstadt is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She was a fellow at the Wilson Center in 2014-15.

Reviews

Audrey L. Altstadt is the finest American scholar on Azerbaijan. She has the perspective of a historian complemented by current contacts inside and outside of Azerbaijan and a strong policy sense. -- Richard Kauzlarich, former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan