ISBN:
9780521839501
,
0521839505
Language:
English
Pages:
XX, 376 S.
,
graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
Transf. to dig. print. 2008. - 1. publ. 2006
Dissertation note:
Zugl.: Stanford, Univ., Diss., 1999 u.d.T: Collins, Kathleen: Clans, pacts and politics
DDC:
929.6/0958
Keywords:
Clans Asia, Central
;
Asia, Central Social conditions
;
1917-1991
;
Asia, Central Social conditions
;
1991-
;
Asia, Central Politics and government
;
1991-
;
Soviet Union Relations
;
Asia, Central
;
Asia, Central Relations
;
Soviet Union
;
Asia, Central History
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Mittelasien
;
Klan
;
Soziales Netzwerk
;
Politischer Wandel
;
Geschichte 1991-2005
Abstract:
An introduction to political development and transition in Central Asia -- The logic of clan politics: a framework for understanding politics in clan-based societies -- Colonialism to Stalinism: the dynamic between clans and the state -- The informal politics of Central Asia from Brezhnev through Gorbachev -- Transition from above or below? (1990--1991) -- Central Asia's transition: 1991--1995 -- Central Asia's regime transformation: part I -- Central Asia's regime transformation: part II -- Positive and negative political trajectories in clan-based societies -- Conclusions.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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