Conflict Transformation in Central Asia Irrigation disputes in the Ferghana Valley 1st Edition by Christine Bichsel 9780415467254 041546725X
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ISBN 10: 041546725X
ISBN 13: 9780415467254
Author: Christine Bichsel
This book provides the first systematic analysis of peace-building in Central Asia for inter-ethnic conflicts over water and land in the Ferghana Valley based on concrete, in-depth and on-site investigation. The core analysis centres on peace-building projects in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan by three international aid agencies –an international NGO, a bilateral governmental donor and a multilateral agency – and the shared approach which the donors developed and used for conflict transformation. Using ethnographic case material, the author critically examines both the theoretical assumptions guiding this approach and its empirical outcomes when put into practice. Building on existing work in conflict transformation and the ethnography of international assistance in Central Asia, the book sheds light on Western attempts to transform the post-socialist societies of Central Asia and provides fresh empirical data on and insights into irrigation practices, social institutions, and state and identity formation in the Ferghana Valley. The book provides a novel and innovative approach to the study of development assistance and peace-building. It will be of interest to researchers in the field of Central Asian Studies, post-Soviet Studies, Development and Peace and Conflict Studies.
Conflict Transformation in Central Asia Irrigation disputes in the Ferghana Valley 1st Table of contents:
1 Introduction
Dangerous divisions in the Ferghana Valley
Discourses of danger and conflict in Central Asia
Ethnography of aid for peace-building
Standpoints and perspectives
Organisation of the book
2 Seeing like a project: three cases in the Ferghana Valley
The approach for peace-building
A short history of the Ferghana Valley
Pülgön, Khalmion and Alga
Khush’iar, Sogment and Charbak
Aksai and Tojikon
3 Sources of thought: the ideational background
Water, ethnicity, and conflict: contested links
The transformation of violent conflict: from causes to cures
The role of power: between empowerment and resistance
Liberal peace from ‘bottom-up’
4 The way of the water: irrigation and conflict
Better be the head of the water than the head of the people
The fate of the land is the fate of people
Close to water means close to God
Irrigation, conflict and infrastructure
5 White beards and active citizens: institutions for conflict transformation
Community-based organisations and ‘local traditions’
Institutional histories of elders and ashar
White beards and active citizens: competing schemes
Institutional interfaces: the Jangy Jer association
The differing lives of organisations
6 The crucible of harmony: violence and politics
‘Urgent! We have a conflict!’
The politics of big (and not so big) men
Altered states, altered conflicts
Border posts: policing people, policing water
On sports clubs and consensus pipelines
7 Trouble on the margins: states, borders and people
A project site for multiple aid agencies
A history of border delimitation and conflict
Border speak and delimitation politics
Peace-building in the Ferghana Valley
8 Conclusion
Appendix: Overview of aid agencies and projects
Regional Dialogue and Development
Peaceful Communities Initiative
Preventive Development Component/Programme
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
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