Diverging Paths of Development in Central Asia: Market Adaptations, Interventions and Daily Experience (ThirdWorlds) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367595079 ISBN 13: 9780367595074

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Newly gained sovereignty, uneven penetration of neo-liberal ideals and the growth of disparate capitalist markets have elicited varied responses in Central Asia. What does development mean for the political class and for ordinary citizens? What are the effects of new capitalist institutions and markets? What impact did western development blueprints and external donor engagement leave in the region?

This book illuminates the diverse realities of post-Soviet development in Central Asia through a multidisciplinary prism. The contributing articles are grounded in a range of social science disciplines including architecture, anthropology and geography. The analyses demonstrate how a synthesis of specialist knowledge from area studies and individual disciplinary methodologies can provide well-grounded critical positions on development. The book highlights the complexities of everyday routines of dispossession and coping strategies in the face of natural and manmade disasters. These experiences create deep moral anxieties under the debilitating effects of monetisation and marketisation of ordinary livelihoods, social ties and environmental resources. This book was originally published as a special issue of Central Asian Survey.

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About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367595079
• ISBN 13: 9780367595074
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Özcan Gül Berna