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Modern Clan Politics : The Power of "Blood" in Kazakhstan and Beyond /

"Edward Schatz explores the politics of kinbased clan divisions in the post-Soviet state of Kazakhstan. Drawing from extensive ethnographic and archival research, interviews, and wide-ranging secondary sources, he highlights a politics that poses a two-tiered challenge to current thinking about...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schatz, Edward
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Modern clan politics.
  • pt. 1. The reproduction of clans. Kinship and modernity ; Nomads, diffuse authority, and Sovietization ; Two faces of Soviet power ; Continuity and change after the Soviet collapse.
  • pt. 2. The political dynamic of informal ties. Clan conflict ; Clan metaconflict.
  • pt. 3. Managing clans. A vicious cycle? Kinship and political change.
  • Conclusions: Kinship and "normal" politics.
  • Appendix: Methods.