{"product_id":"where-are-all-our-sheep-kyrgyzstan-a-global-political-arena-9781782387831","title":"Where Are All Our Sheep?: Kyrgyzstan, A Global","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAfter 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 with incomprehension, between the local population and the well-meaning foreigners who came to reform them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This very rich and accessible ethnography speaks to all social sciences researchers working in countries that live through major social, political, economic and symbolic restructuration due to their adoption of the market economy and democracy (Central Asia, the Balkans)…This ethnography is an excellent point of departure for future anthropology researchers who work in a very complex and paradoxical world of today.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropology News\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…a wide-ranging and engaging book, which provides a vivid portrait of the fall-out from two decades of economic and political experimentation in this ‘laboratory’ for democratic reform in Central Asia.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…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 complex society.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Shirin Akiner\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Cambridge and University of London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tMap of Central Asia\u003cbr\u003e \tMap of Kyrgyzstan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: Someone Ate All Our Sheep\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOn the Kyrgyz Highlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIn Search of a Baseline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLooking Back on a Soviet Economy of Intensive Livestock Farming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFrom Kolkhoz to Village\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Anthropologist in the Face of Social Change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSome Local Authority Figures \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tThe Former Kolkhoz Chairman: The Bashkarma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tThe New Official Local Authority: The Ayil Okmotu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tThe “Biznesman”: Economic Power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tThe Shepherd: A Prestigious but Powerless Figure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tThe Moldo or the Affirmation of Religious Authority\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Rise of NGOs and the Development of Private Enterprise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLogics of Power: Appropriation, Plunder, and Capture of Resources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. Manas, Unesco, and the Kyrgyz Fabula\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tManas: Political Uses of a Traditional Oral Epic \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tIndigenization and Nationalization of the Epic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tManas 1000: Political Ritual of the New Kyrgyz Identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tManas Gumbez: A National Heritage Site\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tManas Ayili and the Building of an International Image\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tUNESCO: Global Entrepreneur of the Kyrgyz National Imaginary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolysemous Perceptions of the Creation of the New National Imaginary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDemocracy, Decentralization, Tribal Identity, and Minorities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAffirmation of Ethnic Identity in the South of the Country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEnhancing “Tribal” Identity in the North\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tManas in a Context of Globalization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. Kyrgyzstan and Good Governance Experts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Ideology of Good Governance: Minimal Government, Private Enterprise and Civil Society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe UNPD: Decline of the State, Promotion of Local and Traditional Political Practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFrom an Economic Planning Culture to a Project Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPromoting Democracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Development of Local Kyrgyz NGOs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tElectoral Assistance: Technical Aid or Political Interference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. Elections and the Promotion of Democracy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEthnography of an Election\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIFES and Elections: Democracy@large\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEthnography of an American Political Foundation Training Session\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTraining and Strategy of Influence \t\t\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tEligibility: The Demokrat and Kyrgyzness\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. The Fall of the Common House\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Soviet Regime or the Ambition to Establish Absolute Control over Human Flows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAskar Akayev’s Common House Ideology and Emigration of the Russian-Speaking Population\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRural Exodus and Urban Sprawl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFrom Migration to Increased Kyrgyz Mobility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Russian Perspective: Gastarbeiter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Political Weight of Remittances in Kyrgyzstan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. The Bazaar: Symbol of a Society of Traders\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Bazaar: The Return to a Natural Economic Order?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe “Bazarkoms”: New Social Figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tProperty and Political Protection: The Dordoy Bazaar and Askar Salymbekov \t\t\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tFrom Dordoy Bazar to Dordoy Associatsia: The Transmission of Capital\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tPatronage and Political Clientele\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tRedistribution and Social Legitimacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tSoccer and Kok-boru\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\t\tGiving to the Dead and to God: Monuments and Jubilees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Changing Face of the Bazaar: The Labor Market on Avenue Maladoja Guardia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. Civil Society and Election Monitoring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tKoalitsia and the National Democratic Institute\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBaisalov: Portrait of a Democracy Promotion Icon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tKoalitsia and the ENEMO Transnational Network\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIntellectual Influences: Non-Violent Movements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tKoalitsia’s Hour of Glory: The Tulip Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tParticipative Observation in an Election Mission\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Election Mission: A Multi-camp Caravan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Deployment of Observers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tReturn to the Capital and Debriefing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Press Conference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCocktail Hour: The Communion Ritual of Democracy Promoters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCommunion of Contentious Actors: Opposition Coalition, Koalitsia, and Kel-Kel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. The Transnationalization of Politics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAnthropology of a Fraudulent Election\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tElectoral Observation and Local Dynamics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA Changing Political Personnel: From Appointees to Elected Officials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBecoming a Deputat: An Exemplary Political Battle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitical Transhumance, Opposition, Marginalization, and Exile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitical Practices and Regional Factionalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe New Role of the President and Appointed Political Personnel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFrom Communism to Keminism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFrom Keminism to Teyitism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Political Change in 2005: Revolution, Overthrow, or Coup?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Kyrgyz Laboratory and the Global Politics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword:\u003c\/strong\u003e From the Kyrgyz Fabula to the Ethnic Apocalypse?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix I:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kyrgyz Republic Timeline\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix II:\u003c\/strong\u003e Census of Kyrgyzstan Population\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042223063383,"sku":"9781782387831","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/where-are-all-our-sheep-kyrgyzstan-a-global-political-arena-9781782387831","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}