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887741
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Marat, Erica.
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National ideology and state-building in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan /\ Erica Marat.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program,, ©2008.
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Silk road paper
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97 pages :: color illustrations ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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9185937134
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: 9789185937134
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"January 2008"--Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references ([94]-97).
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The Soviet period and local cultures -- Post-Soviet ideologies in Kyrgyzstan -- Post-Soviet ideologies in Tajikistan -- Components on national ideologies -- Conclusions and recommendations.
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| Abstract
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When the Soviet Union collapsed, the states of Central Asia found themselves in a position of independent statehood that most of them had not sought, and which many of the region?s leaders embraced only with trepidation. The two smallest and poorest republics of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, were perhaps in the least enviable position. Their economies were weak, and a great chunk of their budgets came in the form of direct subsidies from Moscow. Their isolated and landlocked location complicated their participation in the world economy. Violence on ethnic and regional lines plagued both republics: Kyrgyzstan managed to avoid a large-scale conflict following the bloody riots between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in Osh in 1990; but Tajikistan descended into a murderous civil war that made the 1990s a lost decade for the country. Upon gaining independence and stabilizing their position, the leading elites of both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan groped for national ideas that would help form cohesion and loyalty among the population, and ideally also shore up their own government?s legitimacy and position. They had to do so taking into account a delicate balance between ethnic-based ideas that appealed to the pride of the titular nationality; while also promoting inclusive identities that made minority populations feel at home in the new states.
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Nationalism-- Kyrgyzstan.
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Nationalism-- Tajikistan.
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Nation-building-- Kyrgyzstan.
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Nation-building-- Tajikistan.
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Nationalism.
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Nation-building.
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Kyrgyzstan.
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Tajikistan.
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JC311.M17 2008
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Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program.
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