| Clan Politics and Regime Transition in Central Asia Contributor(s): Collins, Kathleen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521839505 ISBN-13: 9780521839501 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Central Asia - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 929.609 |
| LCCN: 2004030862 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.66 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Exploring the varied roots of clans, and their political role and transformation during the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, this volume argues that clans are informal political actors critical to understanding regional politics. It demonstrates that the Soviet system was far less successful in transforming and controlling Central Asian society by eradicating clan identities, than has often been assumed. Clans actually influenced and constrained the regime's political trajectory increasingly, during the later Soviet and post-Soviet periods, and made liberalizing political and economic reforms very difficult. |
Contributor Bio(s): Collins, Kathleen: - Kathleen Collins is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and Faculty Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. She has published articles in World Politics, Comparative Politics, the Journal of Democracy, and several edited volumes. She has received grants from the MacArthur Foundation, the United States Institute for Peace, IREX, and the National Council for Russian, East European and Eurasian Research, among others. Dr Collins was named a Carnegie Scholar in 2003 for her research. She has been conducting research throughout Central Asia for eleven years, since 1994. |