{"product_id":"blood-ties-and-the-native-son-9780253025289","title":"Blood Ties and the Native Son","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is an important contribution to a growing literature on Central Asian politics and society, and by complicating dominant narratives about the dangers of weak state institutions, Ismailbekova has much to offer to the broader research project on democratisation and clientelism.\u003c\/p\u003e * Europe-Asia Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: On Native Sons, Fake Brothers, and Big Men \/ Peter Finke\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003eList of Acronyms\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Native Son and Blood Ties\u003cbr\u003e1. Kinship and Patronage in Kyrgyz History\u003cbr\u003e2. Scales of Rahim's Kinship: Zooming In and Zooming Out\u003cbr\u003e3. \"Renewing the Bone\": Kinship Categories, Practices and Patronage Networks in Bulak Village \u003cbr\u003e4. The Irony of the Circle of Trust: The Dynamics and Mechanism of Patronage on the Private Farm\u003cbr\u003e5. Patronage and Poetics of Democracy\u003cbr\u003e6. The Return of the Native Son: The Symbolic Construction of the Election Day\u003cbr\u003e7. Rahim's Victory Feast: Political Patronage and Kinship in Solidarity\u003cbr\u003eConcluding words: Native son, Democratisation, and Poetics of Patronage\u003cbr\u003eGlossary of Local Terms\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400564416855,"sku":"9780253025289","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253025289.jpg?v=1730470993","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blood-ties-and-the-native-son-9780253025289","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}