Diverging Paths of Development in Central Asia: Market Adaptations, Interventions and Daily Experience

ISBN-13: 9780367595074 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 160 str.

Gül Berna Özcan

Opis

Newly gained sovereignty, uneven penetration of neo-liberal ideals, and the growth of disparate capitalist markets have elicited varied responses in Central Asia. This volume illuminates the diverse realities of post-Soviet development in Central Asia through a multi-disciplinary prism.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: market adaptations, interventions and daily experience Gül Berna Özcan  2. Ideology in brick and tile: Timurid architecture of the 21st century Elena Paskaleva  3. The ideology of development and legitimation: beyond ‘Kazakhstan 2030’ Diana T. Kudaibergenova  4. Social, environmental and economic sustainability of Kazakhstan: a long-term perspective Marzhan Thomas  5. Uzbekistan’s ‘spirit’ of self-reliance and the logic of appropriateness: TAPOich and interaction with Russia Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro  6. Promoting empowerment? The World Bank’s Village Investment Project in Kyrgyzstan Babken Babajanian  7. ‘Donors are not interested in reality’: the interplay between international donors and local NGOs in Kyrgyzstan’s HIV/AIDS sector Svetlana Ancker and Bernd Rechel  8. The monetization of social celebrations in rural Kyrgyzstan: on the uses of hashish money Gulzat Botoeva  9. Everyday disasters, stagnation and the normalcy of non-development: Roghun Dam, a flood, and campaigns of forced taxation in southern Tajikistan Diana Ibañez-Tirado

O autorze

Gül Berna Özcan is Reader in International Business and Entrepreneurship at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.