Modern Clan Politics
Subtitle: The Power Of "Blood" In Kazakhstan and Beyond
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: December 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780295984476
Subjects: Asian studies; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Kazakhstan; Anthropology - Cultural; Asia - Central Asia; Post-Communism; Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism; Political Ideologies - Nationalism; Clans; Ethnology; Kinship; Politics and culture
First sentence: One way to spot a foreigner visiting ex-Soviet Central Asia is to look at his shoes.