Modern clan politics : the power of "blood" in Kazakhstan and beyond /

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Author / Creator:	Schatz, Edward.
Imprint:	Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, ©2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) : map
Language:	English
Series:	Jackson School publications in international studies Jackson School publications in international studies.
Subject:	Ethnology -- Kazakhstan. Kinship -- Kazakhstan. Clans -- Kazakhstan. Politics and culture -- Kazakhstan. Clans. Ethnic relations. Ethnology. Kinship. Politics and government Politics and culture. Kazakhstan -- Ethnic relations. Kazakhstan -- Politics and government. Kazakhstan. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11191606

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ISBN:	9780295803494 0295803495 0295984465 9780295984469 0295984473 9780295984476
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"Edward Schatz explores the politics of kinbased clan divisions in the post-Soviet state of Kazakhstan. Drawing from extensive ethnographic and archival research, interviews, and wide-ranging secondary sources, he highlights a politics that poses a two-tiered challenge to current thinking about modernity and Central Asia. First, asking why kinship divisions do not fade from political life with modernization, he shows that the state actually constructs clan relationships by infusing them with practical political and social meaning. By activating the most important quality of clans - their "concealability"--The state is itself responsible for the vibrant politics of these subethnic divisions that have emerged and flourished in post-Soviet Kazakhstan." "Political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, policy makers, and others who study state power and identity groups will find a wealth of empirical material and conceptual innovation for discussion and debate."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Schatz, Edward. Modern clan politics. Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, ©2004 0295984465

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