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Ethnicity, Authority, and Power in Central Asia: New Games Great and Small - Central Asian Studies
Robert L Canfield
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 of influence. They are being integrated into a new, wider economic and political region which is increasingly significant in world affairs, owing to its strategically central location, and its complex and uncertain politics. However, most of its inhabitants are pre-eminently concerned with familial and local affairs.
This work examines the viewpoints and concerns of a selection of groups in terms of four issues: government repression, ethnic group perspectives, devices of mutual support, and informal grounds of authority and influence. Responding to a need for in-depth studies concerning the social structures and practices in the region, the book examines trends and issues from the point of view of scholars who have lived and worked "on the ground" and have sought to understand the conditions and concerns of people in rural as well as urban settings. It provides a distinctive and timely perspective on this vital part of the world.
Marc Notes: Originally published: 2010.; 8; This text examines the perspectives and issues of variously situated populations in greater Central Asia with respect to four issues of general importance: government repression, ethnic group perspectives, devices of mutual support and informal grounds of authority and influence.. Biographical Note: Robert L. Canfield is Professor of Anthropology at Washington University, St. Louis, USA. His many publications include (as co-editor) Revolutions and Rebellions in Afganistan, and (as editor) Turko-Persia in Historical Perspective. Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek is Associate Professor in the Department for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, Austria. Publisher Marketing: This text examines the perspectives and issues of variously situated populations in greater Central Asia with respect to four issues of general importance: government repression, ethnic group perspectives, devices of mutual support and informal grounds of authority and influence. Review Citations:
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 68 (EAN 9780415780698, Hardcover)
Contributor Bio: Rasuly-Paleczek, Gabriele Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek is an assistant professor at the University of Vienna.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 10, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138784802 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 18 mm · 385 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Canfield, Robert L. (Washington University, St. Louis, USA) |
| Editor | Rasuly-Paleczek, Gabriele (University of Vienna, Austria) |
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