Blood ties and the native son : poetics of patronage in Kyrgyzstan /

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Author / Creator:	Ismailbekova, Aksana, author.
Imprint:	Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017] ©2017
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	New Anthropologies of Europe New anthropologies of Europe.
Subject:	Patronage, Political -- Kyrgyzstan. Kinship -- Kyrgyzstan. Kinship. Patronage, Political. Politics and government. Kyrgyzstan -- Politics and government -- 1991- Kyrgyzstan.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11911331

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ISBN:	9780253025777 025302577X 0253025281 9780253025289 9780253025395 0253025397
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Ismailbekova, Aksana. Blood ties and the native son. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017] 0253025281

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