Madeleine Reeves: 2 books
Border Work
Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
In Central Asia's Ferghana Valley, where Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan meet, state territoriality has taken on new significance in these states' second decade of independence, reshaping landscapes and transforming livelihoods in a densely populated, irrigation-dependent region. Through an...
Kyrgyzstan beyond "Democracy Island" and "Failing State"
Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Kyrgyzstan is probably the best known of any central Asian country, the one that has elicited the most academic publications, reports by NGOs or advocacy groups, and op-eds in the media. The country opened up massively to Western influence through development aid for civil society and for economic...