Details

Subject(s)

• Authoritarianism—Asia, Central [Browse]
• Ethnicity—Asia, Central [Browse]
• Political persection—Asia, Central [Browse]
• Asia, Central—Ethnic relations [Browse]
• Asia, Central—Politics and government [Browse]

Related name

• Canfield, Robert L. (Robert Leroy) [Browse]
• Rasuly-Paleczek, Gabriele [Browse]

Series

Central Asian studies series. [More in this series]

Summary note

The peoples of Greater Central Asia - not only Inner Asian states of Soviet Union but also those who share similar heritages in adjacent countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran, and the Chinese province of Xinjiang - have been drawn into more direct and immediate contact since the Soviet collapse. Infrastructural improvements, and the race by the great powers for access to the region's vital natural resources, have allowed these peoples to develop closer ties with each other and the wider world, creating new interdependencies, and fresh opportunities for interaction and the exercise o

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Language note

English

Contents

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction: A region of strategic importance; Part I: Repressions and their consequences; 1 Authoritarianism and its consequences in ex-Soviet Central Asia; 2 The mobilization of tradition: Localism and identity among the Uyghur of Xinjiang; Part II: Ethnic perceptions and reactions; 3 Central Asian attitudes towards Afghanistan: Perceptions of the Afghan war in Uzbekistan; 4 Alignment politics and factionalism among the Uzbeks of northeastern Afghanistan
• 5 Afghanistan is not the Balkans: Central Asian ethnicity and its political consequences6 Pukhtun identity in Swat, northern Pakistan; Part III: Devices of mutual support; 7 The impact of war on social, political, and economic organization in southern Hazarajat; 8 An inter-regional history of Pashtun migration, c. 1775-2000; Part IV: Mechanisms of authority and influence; 9 Political games in post-Soviet Uzbekistan: Factions, protection, and new resistances; 10 Female mullahs, healers, and leaders of Central Asian Islam: Gendering the old and new religious roles in post-Communist societies
• 11 Efficacy and hierarchy: Practices in Afghanistan as an exampleIndex

ISBN

• 1-136-92749-2
• 1-136-92750-6
• 1-282-91303-4
• 9786612913037
• 0-203-84548-X

OCLC

• 689996500
• 690115501

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203845486

Statement on language in description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...