Blood Ties and the Native Son: Poetics of Patronage in Kyrgyzstan Contributor(s): Ismailbekova, Aksana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253025281 ISBN-13: 9780253025289 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $79.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Central Asia - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 958.430 |
LCCN: 2017288815 |
Series: New Anthropologies of Europe |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 238 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A pioneering study of kinship, patronage, and politics in Central Asia, Blood Ties and the Native Son tells the story of the rise and fall of a man called Rahim, an influential and powerful patron in rural northern Kyrgyzstan, and of how his relations with clients and kin shaped the economic and social life of the region. Many observers of politics in post-Soviet Central Asia have assumed that corruption, nepotism, and patron-client relations would forestall democratization. Looking at the intersection of kinship ties with political patronage, Aksana Ismailbekova finds instead that this intertwining has in fact enabled democratization--both kinship and patronage develop apace with democracy, although patronage relations may stymie individual political opinion and action. |