03243nam 2200613 450 991079804910332120230126213838.01-4985-1517-7(CKB)3710000000541081(EBL)4206531(SSID)ssj0001591709(PQKBManifestationID)16289553(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001591709(PQKBWorkID)14808873(PQKB)11137989(MiAaPQ)EBC4206531(EXLCZ)99371000000054108120160115h20152015 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrKyrgyzstan beyond "democracy island" and "failing state" social and political changes in a post-soviet society /edited by Marlene Laruelle and Johan EngvallLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2015.©20151 online resource (289 p.)Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and CulturesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4985-1518-5 1-4985-1516-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- 1 Kyrgyzstan and the Trials of Independence -- 2 The Evolving Role of Political Parties in Kyrgyz Politics -- 3 Why Are Public Offices Sold in Kyrgyzstan? -- 4 Peripheral Protests as an Opportunity: “Brokers” in Action -- 5 In Search of Tolerantnost’: Preventive Development and Its Limits at the Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan Border -- 6 Why Class Matters in Kyrgyzstan: Everyday Experiences, Moral Sentiments, and the Politics of the Poor -- 7 Sewing to Satisfaction: Craft-based Entrepreneurs in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan -- 8 Myths and Realities of Bishkek’s Novostroikas -- 9 Kyrgyzstan’s Nationhood: From a Monopoly of Production to a Plural Market -- 10 The Affective Politics of Sovereignty: Reflecting on the 2010 Conflict in Kyrgyzstan --11 “We Disputed Every Word”: The Plight of Moderates in Post-Violence Kyrgyzstan -- 12 Islam beyond Democracy and State in Kyrgyzstan -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the ContributorsThis examination of the political, social, and cultural changes of Kyrgyzstan since the collapse of the Soviet Union offers tools to go beyond the country's simplistic dual status of being both an "island of democracy" and a "failing state" to a more nuanced understanding of its own position and its role in the region.Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and CulturesPolitical cultureKyrgyzstanPost-communismKyrgyzstanSocial changeKyrgyzstanGeopoliticsAsia, CentralKyrgyzstanPolitics and government1991-Political culturePost-communismSocial changeGeopolitics320.95843Laruelle MarlèneEngvall JohanMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798049103321Kyrgyzstan beyond "democracy island" and "failing state"3842581UNINA