Tajikistan on the Move : Statebuilding and Societal Transformations.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures Series .
- Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acronyms -- Map -- Introduction -- Part I. STATE DYNAMICS, POLITICS, THEIRACTORS, AND THEIR SPACES -- Ch01. Hobbesian Neopatrimonialism -- Ch02. Rebels without a Cause? -- Ch03. From Moscow to Madrid: Governing Security Threats beyond Tajikistan's Borders -- Ch04. Tajikistan's Multi-Vector Foreign Policy -- Part II. TAJIK SOCIETY: LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITIES -- Ch05. Dushanbe Is Quite Far -- Ch06. Local Governance in Khatlon, Tajikistan -- Ch07. Development Practices, Insecurity, and Risks -- Ch08. "A Woman without a Man is a Kazan without a Lid" -- Part III. STATE MEMORY AND MOVING IDENTITIES -- Ch09. Oblivion, Ambivalence, and Historical Erasure: Remembering the Civil War in Tajikistan -- Ch10. Translocal Security scapes of Tajik Labor Migrants and the Families and Communities They Leave Behind -- Ch11. Illegal Migrants and Pious Muslims -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors.
This collection provides a broad and multidisciplinary examination of contemporary Tajikistan. The contributors analyze the political regime--its stability, legitimacy mechanisms, and patterns of centralization--as well as various aspects of its social fabric.