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Clan Politics and Regime Transition in Central Asia

By Kathleen Collins

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0521839505, 9780521839501, 9780511275111
LCC
GN487.7.C55 C65 2006
Open Library ID
OL18259412M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2953476 bytes)
Pages
400\398
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

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.

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