The transformation of Central Asia : states and societies from Soviet rule to independence
By: edited by Pauline Jones Luong.
Contributors: Jones Luong, Pauline.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Asia, Central -- Social conditions -- 1991-; Asia, Central -- Politics and government -- 1991-; Asia, Central -- Economic conditions
Description: With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, former Communist Party leaders in Central Asia were faced with the daunting task of building states where they previously had not existed. Experts on Central Asia here examine the emerging relationship between state actors and social forces in the region.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics in the periphery: competing views of Central Asian states and societies / Pauline Jones Luong; title: The retreat of the state: women and the social sphere. Between women and the state: Mahalla committees and social welfare in Uzbekistan / Marianne Kamp; title: Women, marriage, and the nation-state: the rise of nonconsensual bride kidnapping in post-Soviet Kazakhstan / Cynthia Werner; title: Linking state and society: culture and language. Cultural elites in Uzbekistan: ideological production and the state / Laura Adams; title: A shrinking reach of the state? language policy and implementation in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan / Bhavna Dave; title: The state against itself: central-regional relations. The limits of centralization: regional challenges in Uzbekistan / Alisher Ilkhamov; title: Economic "decentralization" in Kazakhstan: causes and consequences / Pauline Jones Luong; title: Redefining the state: internal and external forces. The civic realm in Kyrgyzstan: Soviet economic legacies and activists' expectations / kelly McMann. Beyond the state: transnational actors, NGOs, and environmental protection in Central Asia / Erika Weinthal; title: Conclusion: Central Asia's contribution to theories of the state / Pauline Jones Luong.