Where Are All Our Sheep?

Kyrgyzstan, A Global Political Arena

von Boris Petric

188 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

After the collapse of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan chose a path of economic and political liberalization. Only a few years later, however, the country ceased producing anything of worth and developed a dependence on the outside world, particularly on international aid. Its principal industry, sheep breeding, was decimated by reforms suggested by international institutions providing assistance. Virtually annihilated by privatization of the economy and deserted by Moscow, the Kyrgyz have turned this economic "opening up" into a subtle strategy to capture all manner of resources from abroad. In this study, the author describes the encounters, sometimes comical and tinged with incomprehension, between the local population and the well-meaning foreigners who came to reform them.

• Reihe: Dislocations
• Themen: Lexika Interdisziplinäre Studien Entwicklungsstudien
• ISBN: 9781782387831
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2015
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books