Constructing the Uzbek State : Narratives of Post-Soviet Years.
Laruelle, Marlene.
Constructing the Uzbek State : Narratives of Post-Soviet Years. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (385 pages) - Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures Series . - Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. UZBEKISTAN'S POLITICAL CONSTRUCT -- Ch01. When Security Trumps Identity -- Ch02. The Magic of Territory -- Ch03. Grand Corruption in Uzbekistan's Telecommunications Sector -- Ch04. Uzbek Political Thinking in the Third Decade of Independence -- Part II. AGRICULTURE AND LABOR MIGRATION -- Ch05. Government, Cotton Farms, and Labor Migration from Uzbekistan -- Ch06. Uzbeks in Russia -- Ch07. Establishing an "Uzbek Mahalla" via Smartphones and Social Media -- Part III. UZBEK ISLAM -- Ch08. Counter-Extremism, Secularism, and the Category of Religion in the United Kingdom and Uzbekistan -- Ch09. At the Crossroads of Religion and Regime Security -- Ch10. Moral Exemplars and Ordinary Ethics -- Ch11. The Evolving Uzbek Jihad -- Part IV. RENEGOTIATING IDENTITIES AND CULTURAL LEGACIES -- Ch12. Be(com)ing Uzbek -- The Nation Narrated -- Ch14. Public Life in Private Spaces in Uzbekistan -- Ch15. Gender and Changing Women's Roles in Uzbekistan -- Bibliography -- Acronyms -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors.
This collection provides a broad examination of contemporary Uzbekistan. The contributors analyze its geostrategic significance, its economic potential, and its demographic importance. This study also argues that the country's political, social, and cultural evolutions symbolize the transformations of the region as a whole.
9781498538374
Uzbekistan-Politics and government-1991-.
Uzbekistan-Foreign relations-1991-.
Uzbekistan-Economic conditions-1991-.
Electronic books.
DK948.8657 .C667 2017
958.7086
Constructing the Uzbek State : Narratives of Post-Soviet Years. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (385 pages) - Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures Series . - Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. UZBEKISTAN'S POLITICAL CONSTRUCT -- Ch01. When Security Trumps Identity -- Ch02. The Magic of Territory -- Ch03. Grand Corruption in Uzbekistan's Telecommunications Sector -- Ch04. Uzbek Political Thinking in the Third Decade of Independence -- Part II. AGRICULTURE AND LABOR MIGRATION -- Ch05. Government, Cotton Farms, and Labor Migration from Uzbekistan -- Ch06. Uzbeks in Russia -- Ch07. Establishing an "Uzbek Mahalla" via Smartphones and Social Media -- Part III. UZBEK ISLAM -- Ch08. Counter-Extremism, Secularism, and the Category of Religion in the United Kingdom and Uzbekistan -- Ch09. At the Crossroads of Religion and Regime Security -- Ch10. Moral Exemplars and Ordinary Ethics -- Ch11. The Evolving Uzbek Jihad -- Part IV. RENEGOTIATING IDENTITIES AND CULTURAL LEGACIES -- Ch12. Be(com)ing Uzbek -- The Nation Narrated -- Ch14. Public Life in Private Spaces in Uzbekistan -- Ch15. Gender and Changing Women's Roles in Uzbekistan -- Bibliography -- Acronyms -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors.
This collection provides a broad examination of contemporary Uzbekistan. The contributors analyze its geostrategic significance, its economic potential, and its demographic importance. This study also argues that the country's political, social, and cultural evolutions symbolize the transformations of the region as a whole.
9781498538374
Uzbekistan-Politics and government-1991-.
Uzbekistan-Foreign relations-1991-.
Uzbekistan-Economic conditions-1991-.
Electronic books.
DK948.8657 .C667 2017
958.7086