Where are all our sheep? : Kyrgyzstan, a global political arena / Boris Petric ; translated by Cynthia Schoch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pétric, Boris-Mathieu, 1972- author.

Contributor:

Schoch, Cynthia, translator.

Series:

Dislocations ; v. 16.

Dislocations ; volume 16

Standardized Title:

On a mangé nos moutons. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Kyrgyzstan.

Globalization.

Kyrgyzstan--Economic conditions--1991-.

Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan--Politics and government--1991-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After the collapse of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan chose a path of economic and political liberalization. Only a few years later, however, the country ceased producing anything of worth and developed a dependence on the outside world, particularly on international aid. Its principal industry, sheep breeding, was decimated by reforms suggested by international institutions providing assistance. Virtually annihilated by privatization of the economy and deserted by Moscow, the Kyrgyz have turned this economic “opening up” into a subtle strategy to capture all manner of resources from abroad. In this study, the author describes the encounters, sometimes comical and tinged with incomprehension, between the local population and the well-meaning foreigners who came to reform them.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Map of Central Asia

Map of Kyrgyzstan

Introduction – SOMEONE ATE ALL OUR SHEEP

Chapter 1 – MANAS, UNESCO, AND THE KYRGYZ FABULA

Chapter 2 – KYRGYZSTAN AND GOOD GOVERNANCE EXPERTS

Chapter 3 – ELECTIONS AND THE PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY

Chapter 4 – THE FALL OF THE COMMON HOUSE

Chapter 5 – THE BAZAAR: SYMBOL OF A SOCIETY OF TRADERS

Chapter 6 – CIVIL SOCIETY AND ELECTION MONITORING

Chapter 7 – THE TRANSNATIONALIZATION OF POLITICS

Conclusion – THE KYRGYZ LABORATORY AND GLOBAL POLITICS

Afterword – FROM KYRGYZ FABULA TO ETHNIC APOCALYPSE?

Appendix 1 – KYRGYZ REPUBLIC TIMELINE

Appendix 2 – CENSUS OF KYRGYZSTAN POPULATION

INDEX

Notes:

Translation of the author's On a mangé nos moutons.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782387848

1782387846

OCLC:

925782186