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Regional fragmentation in Tajikistan: The shift of powers between different identity groups

Regional fragmentation in Tajikistan: The shift of powers between different identity groups This work tackles the process of regionalism in the present-day Tajikistan. In the wake of the Civil War, the Tajik leadership pledged to unite the nation around common linguistic and historical ties and eliminate the manifestations of regionalism and localism that had thrown the country into an abyss of political chaos and economic collapse, and left thousands of people dead, millions displaced and impoverished. Using the recruitment practices analysis, this paper sets out to identify the state of societal fragmentation in Tajikistan and demonstrate a shift of powers between identity groups in Tajikistan from the Soviet period and after. As in the Soviet period, regional, local, clan, and kin ties remain at the core of recruitment practices and policies in Tajikistan's state institutions. They, in turn, sustain a pattern of regional differentiation, discrimination, special-interest lobbying and policies. Regionalism and localism remain a central part of Tajikistan's political and socio-cultural milieu which has serious implications for political stability. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Geographer Taylor & Francis

Regional fragmentation in Tajikistan: The shift of powers between different identity groups

Kasymov, Shavkat
Asian Geographer , Volume 30 (1): 20 – Jun 1, 2013
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Taylor & Francis
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Copyright Hong Kong Geographical Association
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2158-1762
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1022-5706
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10.1080/10225706.2012.735425
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Abstract

This work tackles the process of regionalism in the present-day Tajikistan. In the wake of the Civil War, the Tajik leadership pledged to unite the nation around common linguistic and historical ties and eliminate the manifestations of regionalism and localism that had thrown the country into an abyss of political chaos and economic collapse, and left thousands of people dead, millions displaced and impoverished. Using the recruitment practices analysis, this paper sets out to identify the state of societal fragmentation in Tajikistan and demonstrate a shift of powers between identity groups in Tajikistan from the Soviet period and after. As in the Soviet period, regional, local, clan, and kin ties remain at the core of recruitment practices and policies in Tajikistan's state institutions. They, in turn, sustain a pattern of regional differentiation, discrimination, special-interest lobbying and policies. Regionalism and localism remain a central part of Tajikistan's political and socio-cultural milieu which has serious implications for political stability.

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Asian Geographer – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jun 1, 2013

Keywords: Tajikistan; regionalism; identity; power-sharing; governance; conflict

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