Blood ties and the native son : poetics of patronage in Kyrgyzstan /
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| Author / Creator: | Ismailbekova, Aksana, author. |
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| 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. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11911331 |
| Summary: | An anthropologist explores the politics and society of Kyrgyzstan through a study of one influential man's life. 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. "This book is an important contribution to a growing literature on Central Asian politics and society, and by complicating dominant narratives about the dangers of weak state institutions, Ismailbekova has much to offer to the broader research project on democratization and clientelism." -- Europe-Asia Studies |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253025777 025302577X 0253025281 9780253025289 9780253025395 0253025397 |