Post-Liberal Statebuilding in Central Asia: Imaginaries, Discourses and Practices of Social Ordering (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781529220001)

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing on decolonial perspectives on peace, statehood and development, this illuminating book examines post-liberal statebuilding in Central Asia. It argues that, despite its emancipatory appearance, post-liberal statebuilding is best understood as a set of social ordering mechanisms that lead to new forms of exclusion, marginalization and violence. Using ethnographic fieldwork in Southern Kyrgyzstan, the volume offers 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.

Author: Philipp Lottholz
ISBN-10: 1529220009
ISBN-13: 9781529220001
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/28/2022
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d