The Transformation of Central Asia : : States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence /

The Transformation of Central Asia : : States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence / / ed. by Pauline Jones Luong.

With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, former Communist Party leaders in Central Asia were faced with the daunting task of building states where they previously had not existed: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Their task was complicated by the institutional and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Adams, Laura,
Dave, Bhavna,
Ilkhamov, Alisher,
Jones Luong, Pauline,
Kamp, Marianne,
McMann, Kelly M.,
Weinthal, Erika,
Werner, Cynthia,
HerausgeberIn:
Jones Luong, Pauline,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2003
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.) :; 3 line drawings, 16 tables, 9 charts/graphs, 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Acronyms
  • Introduction. Politics in the Periphery: Competing Views of Central Asian States and Societies
  • PART I. THE RETREAT OF THE STATE: Women and the Social Sphere
  • 1. Between Women and the State: Mahalia Committees and Social Welfare in Uzbekistan
  • 2. Women, Marriage, and the Nation-State: The Rise of Nonconsensual Bride Kidnapping in Post -Soviet Kazakhstan
  • PART 2: LINKING STATE AND SOCIETY: Culture and Language
  • 3. Cultural Elites in Uzbekistan: Ideological Production and the State
  • 4. A Shrinking Reach of the State? Language Policy and Implementation in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
  • PART 3: THE STATE AGAINST ITSELF: Central-Regional Relations
  • 5. The Limits of Centralization: Regional Challenges in Uzbekistan
  • 6. Economic "Decentralization" in Kazakhstan: Causes and Consequences
  • PART 4: REDEFINING THE STATE: Internal and External Forces
  • 7. The Civic Realm in Kyrgyzstan: Soviet Economic Legacies and Activists' Expectations
  • 8. Beyond the State: Transnational Actors, NGOs, and Environmental Protection in Central Asia
  • Conclusion: Central Asia's Contribution to Theories of the State
  • List of Foreign Words
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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