Blood Ties and the Native Son: Poetics of Patronage in Kyrgyzstan

by Aksana Ismailbekova

Book Overview

A pioneering study of kinship, patronage, and politics in Central Asia, Blood Ties and the Native Son tells the story of the rise and fall of a man called Rahim, an influential and powerful patron in rural northern Kyrgyzstan, and of how his relations with clients and kin shaped the economic and social life of the region. Many observers of politics in post-Soviet Central Asia have assumed that corruption, nepotism, and patron-client relations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253025281
• ISBN13: 9780253025289
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher