Format:
1 Online-Ressource (350 pages)
ISBN:
9783031141829
Series Statement:
Critical Security Studies in the Global South Ser.
Content:
Intro -- A Love Letter to Central Asia -- About This Book -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: The State as Social Practice -- Organization of the Book -- References -- 2 The Incomplete State: Fifty Shades of Failure -- Indicators of Failure: Explananda or Explicantia? -- The Incomplete State: Defining and Operationalizing the Explanandum -- Transnationality: Crime and Survival -- Cross-Sectionality: Drugs for "Hearts and Minds" -- Entrysm: Mutual Trust Networks, their Stakeholders, and Social Structures -- Conclusion -- A Note on Methodology -- Case Study Method: Definitions, Controversies, Advantages -- Case Selection Strategies -- Data Collection -- References -- 3 Understanding State-Building in Central Asia -- Introduction -- The Myths and the Scripts: From the Heartland to the Broken-State Theory -- From Duality to Integrity: Theorizing from Within Central Asia -- Strong vs. Weak States -- Rationality vs. Irrationality -- Institutional vs. Historical Contextualization of the State -- Formal vs. Informal -- Main Propositions of the Book: The Heartland Gets Stronger Wherever It is Broken -- The State as Social Practice -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Follow the Water: Soviet Legacy as Cross-Border Societal Interdependence -- Introduction -- Pre-Soviet Societal Organization and Patterns of Social Relations -- Soviet State-Making: Ethnicities, Resources, Nations -- Collectivization: Social Resistance and Collective Interest -- De-Collectivization: from Collective to Private Property -- Land: New Legal Frameworks, Old Social Patterns -- Water: Restructuring Non-Land Assets - Empowering Communities? -- Community-Level Water Management: The Case of the Isfara River -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Impact of External Actors on States and Societies -- Introduction -- Organizing Security.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783031141812
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783031141812
Language:
English
