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Where Are All Our Sheep?: Kyrgyzstan, A Global Political Arena
Boris Petric
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Description for Where Are All Our Sheep?: Kyrgyzstan, A Global Political Arena
Hardback. After the USSR collapsed, Kyrgyzstan followed a path of economic liberalization, but after a few years, they produced little, and the country's principal industry of sheep breeding was decimated. This led to dependence on international aid, and ensuing comical encounters between the local population and well-meaning foreigners who help them. Translator(s): Schoch, Cynthia. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCK; GTF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
After the collapse of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan chose a path of economic and political liberalization. Only a few years later, however, the country ceased producing anything of worth and developed a dependence on the outside world, particularly on international aid. Its principal industry, sheep breeding, was decimated by reforms suggested by international institutions providing assistance. Virtually annihilated by privatization of the economy and deserted by Moscow, the Kyrgyz have turned this economic opening up into a subtle strategy to capture all manner of resources from abroad. In this study, the author describes the encounters, sometimes comical and tinged ... Read more
After the collapse of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan chose a path of economic and political liberalization. Only a few years later, however, the country ceased producing anything of worth and developed a dependence on the outside world, particularly on international aid. Its principal industry, sheep breeding, was decimated by reforms suggested by international institutions providing assistance. Virtually annihilated by privatization of the economy and deserted by Moscow, the Kyrgyz have turned this economic opening up into a subtle strategy to capture all manner of resources from abroad. In this study, the author describes the encounters, sometimes comical and tinged ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Dislocations
Condition
New
Weight
432g
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782387831
SKU
V9781782387831
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99-15
About Boris Petric
Boris Petric is a Social Anthropologist and a Senior Researcher at the CNRS in Marseilles. His first book Pouvoir, don et reseaux en Ouzbekistan post-sovietique (2002), was awarded the Le Monde prize for university research. He recently edited Democracy at Large: NGO's, Political Foundations, Think Tanks and International Organisations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
Reviews for Where Are All Our Sheep?: Kyrgyzstan, A Global Political Arena
...the best book to date on post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. It combines personal observations with careful, critical analysis. The style is at times humorous and conversational, creating the impression at first glance that it might be a somewhat superficial account of the region. In fact, however, it is an extraordinarily perceptive analysis of the process of transition and re-adjustment in a highly ... Read more