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Fragile Conviction : Changing Ideological Landscapes in Urban Kyrgyzstan / by Pelkmans, Mathijs, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…-- Walking the truth in Islam with the Tablighi Jamaat -- Pentecostal miracle truth on the frontier -- The tenacity of spiritual healing and seeing -- Conclusion : pulsation : dynamics of conviction.…”
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Central Asian security the new international context /

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Fragile Conviction by Pelkmans, Mathijs, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…-- Walking the truth in Islam with the Tablighi Jamaat -- Pentecostal miracle truth on the frontier -- The tenacity of spiritual healing and seeing -- Conclusion : pulsation : dynamics of conviction.…”
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Corruption as a last resort : adapting to the market in Central Asia / by McMann, Kelly M., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…An absence of alternatives : a new framework for understanding corruption -- Alternatives to corruption and the impact of market reform : the arguments and their theoretical implications -- Bribery, favoritism, and clientelism : evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Market actors as an unrealized alternative : the impact of market reforms -- Islamic institutions and secular charities : obstacles to providing substitute resources -- Families : the uneven impact of market reforms -- Reducing corruption : policy recommendations -- Appendix : statistical analysis.…”
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Corruption as a Last Resort : Adapting to the Market in Central Asia / by McMann, Kelly M., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…An absence of alternatives : a new framework for understanding corruption -- Alternatives to corruption and the impact of market reform : the arguments and their theoretical implications -- Bribery, favoritism, and clientelism : evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Market actors as an unrealized alternative : the impact of market reforms -- Islamic institutions and secular charities : obstacles to providing substitute resources -- Families : the uneven impact of market reforms -- Reducing corruption : policy recommendations -- Appendix : statistical analysis.…”
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Contested power in Ethiopia traditional authorities and multi-party elections /

Table of Contents: “…the power of clans and social strata in the Wolayta elections / Lovise Aalen -- Cynicism and hope: urban youth and relations of power during the 2005 Ethiopian elections / Daniel Mains -- Islam and politics: the EPRDF, the 2005 elections and Muslim institutions in Bale / Terje Ostebo -- We say they are Neftenya; they say we are OLF': a post-election assessment of ethnicity, politics and age-sets in Oromiya / Charles Schaefer -- Customary institutions in contemporary politics in Borana zone, Oromia, Ethiopia / Marco Bassi -- The 2005 elections in Maale: a reassertion of traditional authority or the extension of a nascent public sphere? …”
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One Zambia, many histories towards a history of post-colonial Zambia /

Table of Contents: “…: opposition to the Zambian one-party state, 1972-1980 / Miles Larmer -- Legitimizing powers : the political role of the Roman Catholic church, 1972-1991 / Marja Hinfelaar -- Towards a history of the charismatic churches in post-colonial Zambia / Austin M. Cheyeka -- Islam in post-colonial Zambia / Felix J. Phiri -- 'The devil you know' : the impact of the mulungushi economic reforms on retail trade in rural Zambia, with special reference to Susman Brothers & Wulfsohn, 1968-80 / Hugh Macmillan -- The informalization of Lusaka's economy : regime change, ultra-modern markets, and street vending, 1972-2004 / K. …”
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