Clan Politics and Regime Transition in Central Asia

by Kathleen Collins

Book Overview

Exploring the varied roots of clans, and their political role and transformation during the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, this volume argues that clans are informal political actors critical to understanding regional politics. It demonstrates that the Soviet system was far less successful in transforming and controlling Central Asian society by eradicating clan identities, than has often been assumed. Clans actually influenced and constrained the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521114667
• ISBN13: 9780521114660
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"