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Author Akçah, Pmar

Title Politics, identity and education in Central Asia : post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents Politics, Identity and Education in Central Asia Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan; Copyright; Contents; List of figures, maps and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I:Politics; 1 Patterns of elite consolidation and rivalry in Kyrgyzstan between 1960 and 2010; 2 The impact of Askar Akaev's political leadership in the process of democratization in Kyrgyzstan; 3 Colour revolutions and constitutionalism: the case of Kyrgyzstan; Part II:Identity; 4 "Circle of trust": functions and mechanisms of patron-client relations in the private farm
5 From herd breeding to land farming: social uses of descent and kinship in a Kyrgyz village6 Religious conversion and its impact on ethnic identity in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan; Part III:Education; 7 Everyday realities of a young teacher in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan: the case of a history teacher from a rural school; 8 Redefining students and universities in the Kyrgyz Republic; 9 Higher education in Kyrgyzstan: the inevitability of international actors; Conclusion; Index
Summary Focusing on the areas of politics, identity and education, this book looks at some of the most pressing and challenging issues that Kyrgyzstan faces in the post-Soviet era. It argues that Kyrgyzstan is challenged with oscillations between the old and the new on the one hand, and domestic and international on the other. The book analyses the process of post-Soviet transition in today's Kyrgyzstan by focusing on the political elites, some of the major identity problems and educational issues. It discusses how Kyrgyzstan's first president in the post-Soviet era had already been an except
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Subject Nationalism -- Kyrgyzstan
Education and state -- Kyrgyzstan
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Education and state
Nationalism
Politics and government
SUBJECT Kyrgyzstan -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96010474
Subject Kyrgyzstan
Form Electronic book
Author Engin-Demir, Cennet.
ISBN 9781135627607
1135627606