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1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
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Dislocations ; volume 16
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Dislocations ; volume 16.
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| Note |
Translation of the author's On a mangé nos moutons. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Someone Ate All Our Sheep -- Chapter 1. Manas, Unesco, and the Kyrgyz Fabula -- Chapter 2. Kyrgyzstan and Good Governance Experts -- Chapter 3. Elections and the Promotion of Democracy -- Chapter 4. The Fall of the Common House -- Chapter 5. The Bazaar: Symbol of a Society of Traders -- Chapter 6. Civil Society and Election Monitoring -- Chapter 7. The Transnationalization of Politics -- Conclusion: The Kyrgyz Laboratory and the Global Politics -- Afterword: From the Kyrgyz Fabula to the Ethnic Apocalypse? -- Appendix I: Kyrgyz Republic Timeline -- Appendix II: Census of Kyrgyzstan Population. |
| Summary |
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 with incomprehension, between the local population and the well-meaning foreigners who came to reform them. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kyrgyzstan -- Economic conditions -- 1991-
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Kyrgyzstan. |
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1991- |
| Subject |
Kyrgyzstan -- Politics and government -- 1991-
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Politics and government. |
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Globalization -- Kyrgyzstan.
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Globalization. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) |
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Economic history. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1991 |
| Added Title |
On a mangé nos moutons. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015007094
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pétric, Boris-Mathieu, 1972- On a mangé nos moutons. English. Where are all our sheep? 1782387838 (DLC) 2015003322 (OCoLC)896787590 |
| ISBN |
9781782387848 (electronic book) |
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1782387846 (electronic book) |
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1782387838 |
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9781782387831 |
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