Post-Liberal Statebuilding in Central Asia
Imaginaries, Discourses and Practices of Social Ordering
Language
EnglishAbstract
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Drawing on decolonial perspectives on peace, statehood and development, this illuminating book examines post-liberal statebuilding in Central Asia. It uses ethnographic fieldwork in Southern Kyrgyzstan to offer a detailed examination of community security and peacebuilding discourses and practices.
Through its analysis, the book highlights the problem with assumptions about liberal democracy, modern statehood and capitalist development as the standard template for post-conflict countries, which is widespread and rarely reflected upon.
Keywords
Authoritarian; Central Asia; Conflict management; Hybrid peace; Illiberal; Kyrgyzstan; Liberal democracy; Modern statehood; post-conflict; Social ordering; Sovereignty; statebuildingDOI
10.47674/9781529220001ISBN
9781529220001, 9781529220025, 978152920018Publisher
Bristol University PressPublisher website
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/Publication date and place
Bristol, 2022Series
Spaces of Peace, Security and Development, 3Classification
International relations
Political parties
Geopolitics