目次
Politics in the periphery : competing views of Central Asian states and societies / Pauline Jones Luong -- The retreat of the state : women and the social sphere. Between women and the state : Mahalla committees and social welfare in Uzbekistan / Marianne Kamp -- Women, marriage, and the nation-state : the rise of nonconsensual bride kidnapping in post-Soviet Kazakhstan / Cynthia Werner -- Linking state and society : culture and language. Cultural elites in Uzbekistan : ideological production and the state / Laura Adams -- A shrinking reach of the state? language policy and implementation in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan / Bhavna Dave -- The state against itself : central-regional relations. The limits of centralization : regional challenges in Uzbekistan / Alisher Ilkhamov -- Economic "decentralization" in Kazakhstan : causes and consequences / Pauline Jones Luong -- Redefining the state : internal and external forces. The civic realm in Kyrgyzstan : Soviet economic legacies and activists' expectations / Kelly M. McMann -- Beyond the state : transnational actors, NGOs, and environmental protection in Central Asia / Erika Weinthal -- Conclusion : Central Asia's contribution to theories of the state / Pauline Jones Luong
