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Constructing the Uzbek State : Narratives of Post-Soviet Years.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (385 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498538374
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Constructing the Uzbek StateDDC classification:
  • 958.7086
LOC classification:
  • DK948.8657 .C667 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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