Order at the Bazaar: Power and Trade in Central Asia
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (679 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501709321 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Spector is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.. Regine A
By immersing herself in the bazaars of Kyrgyzstan, Regine A. Bazaars are the economic bedrock for many throughout the regionthey are the entrepreneurial hubs of Central Asia. Spector's findings have relevance beyond the bazaars and borders of one small country; they teach us how economic development operates when the rule of law is weak.. Spector learned that some are rather best characterized as islands of order in a chaotic national context.Spector draws on interviews, archival sources, and participant observation to show how traders, landowners, and municipal officials create order in the absence of a coherent government apparatus and bureaucratic state. However, they are often regarded as mafia-governed environments that are largely populated by the dispossessed. Merchants have adapted Soviet institutions, including trade unions, and pre-Soviet practices, such as using village elders as the arbiters of disputes, to the urban bazaar by building and asserting their own authority. Order at the Bazaar delves into the role of bazaars in the political e
About the AuthorRegine A. Spector is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.