Overview
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, marginalisation 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Philipp Lottholz (Zentrum für Konfliktforschung, Philipps-Universität Marburg)
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
ISBN: 9781529220001
ISBN 10: 1529220009
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 25 May 2022
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""An engaging rethinking of political order in Kyrgyzstan, combining sophisticated conceptual reflection with the insights of fieldwork. Valuable reading for anyone wanting to understand the intersections of peacebuilding, development and the state in Central Asia, and the post-liberal age more generally."" Nick Megoran, Newcastle University ""The book's focus on security practices and community peacebuilding, especially after the 2010 Osh events in Kyrgyzstan, makes a very important contribution to Central Asian studies, peace and conflict research as well as studies of changing political orders."" Aksana Ismailbekova, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient"
An engaging rethinking of political order in Kyrgyzstan, combining sophisticated conceptual reflection with the insights of fieldwork. Valuable reading for anyone wanting to understand the intersections of peacebuilding, development and the state in Central Asia, and the post-liberal age more generally. Nick Megoran, Newcastle University The book's focus on security practices and community peacebuilding, especially after the 2010 Osh events in Kyrgyzstan, makes a very important contribution to Central Asian studies, peace and conflict research as well as studies of changing political orders. Aksana Ismailbekova, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
Author Information
Philipp Lottholz is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the DFG Collaborative Research Centre/ Transregio 138 ""Dynamics of Security"" and the Institute of Sociology at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.
