Whose land is it? Land reform, minorities, and the titular "nation" in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan

Nationalities Papers

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 336-354

  Hierman, Brent ^a   Nekbakhtshoev, Navruz ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asia; land reform; nation building

Indexed keywords

ELITE POLITICS; ETHNIC CONFLICT; LAND REFORM; MINORITY GROUP; NATIONAL POLITICS; NATIONALISM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STATE BUILDING;

CENTRAL ASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; TAJIKISTAN;

EID: 84896500227     PISSN: 00905992     EISSN: 14653923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00905992.2013.857298     Document Type: Article

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