The Transformation of Central Asia : States and Societies from Soviet Rule
to Independence/edited by Pauline Jones Luong. New Delhi, Manas, 2005, xii,
332 p., ISBN 81-7049-257-2.
The Transformation of Central Asia : States and Societies from Soviet Rule
to Independence/edited by Pauline Jones Luong. New Delhi, Manas, 2005, xii,
332 p., ISBN 81-7049-257-2.
Contents: Introduction: Politics in the periphery: competing views of Central Asian States and Societies/Pauline Jones Luong. I. The retreat of the state: Women and the social sphere: 1. Between women and the state: Mahalla Committees and social welfare in Uzbekistan/Marianne Kamp. 2. Women, marriage, and the nation-state: the rise of nonconsensual bride kidnapping in post-Soviet Kazakhstan/Cynthia Werner. II. Linking state and society: Culture and language: 3. Cultural elites in Uzbekistan: ideological production and the state/Laura Adams. 4. A shrinking reach of the state? Language policy and implementation in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan/Bhavna Dave. III. The state against itself: Central-regional relations: 5. The limits of centralization: regional challenges in Uzbekistan/Alisher Ilkhamov. 6. Economic "decentralization" in Kazakhstan: causes and consequences/Pauline Jones Luong. IV. Redefining the state: internal and external forces: 7. The civic realm in Kyrgyzstan: Soviet economic legacies and activists' expectations/Kelly M. McMann. 8. Beyond the state: transnational actors, NGOs, and environmental protection in Central Asia/Erika Weinthal. Conclusion: Central Asia's contribution to theories of the state/Pauline Jones Luong. List of Foreign words. Bibliography. Contributors. Index.