Since Soviet disintegration, there have been varied perceptions about Eurasia's transition. Initially, attention was focused on the changes that became obvious in politics and society and people's orientation towards change. Gradually, there was a re-appraisal of the transformation that occurred, and attempts were made to identify the genesis of change in the Soviet era. Post-Soviet thinking metamorphosed into a realistic appraisal of the continuities rather than the discontinuities of the two periods. It is this duality of transition that has been focused upon in the book Communities, Institutions and Transition in post-1991 Eurasia. The contributions in the volume convey the central theme that transition in Eurasia is a continuing and expanding discourse about space and identity.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anita Sengupta
Dr. Anita Sengupta is Fellow at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata. She is the author of The Formation of the Uzbek Nation-State: A Study in Transition, Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Oxford; Lexington Books, 2003 and Frontiers into Borders: The Transformation of Identities in Central Asia, Delhi and London: Hope India Publications and Greenwich Millennium Press Ltd., 2002.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Suchandana Chatterjee
Dr. Suchandana Chatterjee, Ph.D. in History from Calcutta University, specializes in the local histories of Central Asia. She has participated in several national and international seminars and conferences. Her researches have been published in learned journals/publications in India and abroad. Currently, she is Fellow of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.
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