{"product_id":"blood-ties-and-the-native-son-poetics-of-patronage-in-kyrgyzstan-paperback-softback-9780253025395","title":"Blood Ties and the Native Son; Poetics of Patronage in Kyrgyzstan (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253025395","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBlood Ties and the Native Son\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePoetics of Patronage in Kyrgyzstan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAksana Ismailbekova (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253025395\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 May 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e238 pages, 20 b\u0026amp;w illus., 3 maps, 5 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is an important contribution to a growing literature on Central Asian politics and society, and by complicating dominant narratives about the dangers of weak state institutions, Ismailbekova has much to offer to the broader research project on democratisation and clientelism.\"—\u003ci\u003eEurope-Asia Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pioneering study of kinship, patronage, and politics in Central Asia, \u003ci\u003eBlood Ties and the Native Son\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the rise and fall of a man called Rahim, an influential and powerful patron in rural northern Kyrgyzstan, and of how his relations with clients and kin shaped the economic and social life of the region. Many observers of politics in post-Soviet Central Asia have assumed that corruption, nepotism, and patron-client relations would forestall democratization. Looking at the intersection of kinship ties with political patronage, Aksana Ismailbekova finds instead that this intertwining has in fact enabled democratization—both kinship and patronage develop apace with democracy, although patronage relations may stymie individual political opinion and action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: On Native Sons, Fake Brothers, and Big Men \/ Peter Finke\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e List of Acronyms\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Native Son and Blood Ties\u003cbr\u003e 1. Kinship and Patronage in Kyrgyz History\u003cbr\u003e 2. Scales of Rahim's Kinship: Zooming In and Zooming Out\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"Renewing the Bone\": Kinship Categories, Practices and Patronage Networks in Bulak Village \u003cbr\u003e 4. The Irony of the Circle of Trust: The Dynamics and Mechanism of Patronage on the Private Farm\u003cbr\u003e 5. Patronage and Poetics of Democracy\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Return of the Native Son: The Symbolic Construction of the Election Day\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rahim's Victory Feast: Political Patronage and Kinship in Solidarity\u003cbr\u003e Concluding words: Native son, Democratisation, and Poetics of Patronage\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Local Terms\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525044400408,"sku":"9780253025395","price":22.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/blood-ties-and-the-native-son-poetics-of-patronage-in-kyrgyzstan-paperback-softback-9780253025395","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}