{"product_id":"clan-politics-and-regime-transition-kathleen-collins-9780521114660","title":"Clan Politics and Regime Transition in Central Asia","description":"Exploring the varied roots of clans, and their political role and transformation during the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, this volume argues that clans are informal political actors critical to understanding regional politics. It demonstrates that the Soviet system was far less successful in transforming and controlling Central Asian society by eradicating clan identities, than has often been assumed. Clans actually influenced and constrained the regime's political trajectory increasingly, during the later Soviet and post-Soviet periods, and made liberalizing political and economic reforms very difficult.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521114667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521114660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d","brand":"Kathleen Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946709123327,"sku":"9780521114660","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_62f426bb-4dc6-48db-bdc5-ee3f811eae2e.jpg?v=1681514685","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clan-politics-and-regime-transition-kathleen-collins-9780521114660","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}