Country Analysis

This country analysis serves to shed light on Azerbaijan as a political environment. It is meant to illustrate the specific complexity of policy making in Azerbaijan, to outline relevant political interest structures and to depict state capacity. Thereby,

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ina Flegel

Foreign Actors’ Influence on Azerbaijan’s Energy Policy Decisions under Complex Uncertainty

Tina Flegel Mannheim, Germany This publication largely corresponds to the doctoral thesis “Decisions under Complex Uncertainty – Foreign Actors’ InÀuence on Azerbaijan’s Energy Policy”, submitted in spring 2014 to the Otto-Suhr Institut for Political Science of the Freie Universität Berlin.

ISBN 978-3-658-11403-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-11404-6

ISBN 978-3-658-11404-6 (eBook)

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Contents

Tables .................................................................................................................. 9 Figures .............................................................................................................. 10 Abbreviations .................................................................................................... 12 1

Introduction ............................................................................................. 1.1 Research object ................................................................................. 1.2 Current state of research ................................................................... 1.3 Cognitive interest and theoretical premises ...................................... 1.3.1 Complexity ................................................................................ 1.3.2 Uncertainty ................................................................................ 1.3.3 Successful influence .................................................................. 1.4 Structure ............................................................................................

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