"Taking the case of Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia, this book looks at the universal human requirement to balance individual flexibility and strategies designed to make a living with the social expectations that impose particular rules of conduct but also enable mutual trust and coopera...

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1. Verfasser:	Finke, Peter 1963- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York Routledge 2024
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1991- Nomade Tierzüchter Kasachen Mongolei > West Kazakhs / Longitudinal studies Kazakhs / Mongolia / Khovd Aĭmag / Social conditions Kazakhs / Mongolia / Khovd Aĭmag / Economic conditions Nomads / Mongolia / Khovd Aĭmag Khovd Aĭmag (Mongolia) / Social conditions Khovd Aĭmag (Mongolia) / Economic conditions Economic history Kazakhs Nomads Social conditions Mongolia / Khovd Aĭmag Longitudinal studies
Zusammenfassung:	"Taking the case of Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia, this book looks at the universal human requirement to balance individual flexibility and strategies designed to make a living with the social expectations that impose particular rules of conduct but also enable mutual trust and cooperation to emerge. Pastoralists in Western Mongolia have experienced dramatic changes in recent decades, including the dismantling of the socialist economy, a series of natural disasters, and an emigration of roughly half of the local Qazaq minority to the newly independent state of Qazaqstan. Four aspects illustrate the chances and challenges that people face. First is the emergence of the market as the dominant mode of production and exchange, a thorny way full of uncertainties. Second is the individual household and its adaptation to the new economic system, creating new opportunities as well as precarities, and resulting in rapid social stratification. Thirdly, patterns of pastoral land allocation highlight problems of collective action and institutional fragmentation in the wake of a retreating state apparatus. Finally, social networks of mutual support and cooperation constitute a key component of pastoral livelihood but are under great pressure due to short time horizons and a lack of trust. The first longitudinal analysis of the Qazaqs in Mongolia in English and a contribution to anthropological theories on human adaptability and decision-making, economic and social inequalities, institutional change and the difficulty of deriving at cooperative solutions, this book will be a standard work and of interest to academics in the field of Central Asian Studies, Anthropology, Human Geography and Development Studies."
Beschreibung:	XII, 241 Seiten 10 Illustrationen, 11 Diagramme, 2 Karten
ISBN:	9780367700850 9780367709563