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Modern Clan Politics The Power of Blood in Kazakhstan and Beyond

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ISBN-10: 0295984473

ISBN-13: 9780295984476

Edition: 2005

Authors: Edward Schatz

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Drawing from extensive ethnographic and archival research, interviews, and wide-ranging secondary sources, Edward Schatz explores the politics of kin-based clan divisions in the post-Soviet state of Kazakhstan.
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 12/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Introduction : modern clan politics
The reproduction of clans
Kinship and modernity
Nomads, diffuse authority, and Sovietization
Two faces of Soviet power
Continuity and change after the Soviet collapse
The political dynamic of informal ties
Clan conflict
Clan metaconflict
Managing clans
A vicious cycle? : kinship and political change
Conclusions : kinship and "normal" politics