Kathleen Collins

Clan Politics and Regime Transition in Central Asia (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a study of the role of clan networks in Central Asia from the early twentieth century through 2004. Exploring the social, economic, and historical roots of clans, and their political role and political transformation in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, it argues that clans are informal political actors that are critical to understanding politics in this region. The book demonstrates that the Soviet system was far less successful in transforming and controlling Central Asian society, and in its policy of eradicating clan identities, than has often been assumed. In order to understand Central Asian politics and their economies, scholars and policy makers must take into account the powerful role of these informal groups, how they adapt and change over time, and how they may constrain or undermine democratization in this strategic region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511271151
• Artikelnr.: 38216063

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Collins's nonfiction books include Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows, Dr. Joyce Brothers: The Founding Mother of TV Psychology, and a memoir, From Rabbit Ears to the Rabbit Hole: A Life with Television. Study in Hysteria is her first novel. She is a professor and librarian at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and lives with her husband near the forest in the northernmost tip of the New York City borough of Manhattan.Visit: katcoindustries.com

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration
1. An introduction to political development and transition in Central Asia
2. Clan politics and regime transition in Central Asia: a framework for understanding politics in clan-based societies
3. Colonialism to Stalinism: the dynamic between clans and the State
4. The informal politics of Central Asia from Brezhnev through Gorbachev
5. Transition from above or below? (1990-1991)
6. Central Asia's transition (1991-1995)
7. Central Asia's regime transformation (1995-2004): Part I
8. Central Asia's regime transformation (1995-2004): Part II
9. Positive and negative political trajectories in clan-based societies
10. Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix
Index.