Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia: Institutional Change, Economic Diversification and Social Stratification

ISBN-13: 9780367700850 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 272 str.

Peter Finke

Opis

This book looks at the first longitudinal analysis of the Qazaqs in Mongolia and is a contribution to anthropological theories of economic & social inequalities & institutional change, useful for Cent. Asian Studies, Anthropology, Human Geography & Dev. Studies.

Spis treści

Acknowledgment; Transliteration; Chapter 1: Systems Come and Go; Chapter 2: A Portrait of Khovd-sum; Chapter 3: Changing Regimes of Production and Exchange; Chapter 4: Making ends meet; Chapter 5: Using space and mobility; Chapter 6: Social webs and hierarchies; Chapter 7: Flexibility and adaptation in pastoral decision-making; Bibliography

O autorze

Peter Finke is Professor for Social Anthropology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and Co-director of the Centre for Anthropological Studies on Central Asia (CASCA). He has conducted field research in Mongolia, Qazaqstan, and Uzbekistan on issues of economic transformation, institutional change, transnational migration, and social identity. His recent publications include Variations on Uzbek Identity: Strategic Choices, Cognitive Schemas and Political Constraints in Identification Processes (2014).