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Working Class Subjectivities and Neoliberalisation in Kyrgyzstan: Developing Alternative Moral Selves

Satybaldieva, Elmira (2017) Working Class Subjectivities and Neoliberalisation in Kyrgyzstan: Developing Alternative Moral Selves. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 31 (1). pp. 31-47. ISSN 0891-4486. (doi:10.1007/s10767-016-9251-5) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:66839)

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Abstract

This article investigates the subjectivities of working class people in Kyrgyzstan, examining their boundary work produced in response to neoliberal changes. While working class people are depicted as unenterprising and ‘backward’ by the rich and the middle classes, they often react with anger and lament the colonisation of life by market values, usually invoking non-market norms and nostalgia for the Soviet era of labour, solidarity and equality. Most importantly, they draw upon alternative cultural resources and discourses, such as traditional morality and Islam, to develop alternative ‘caring’ and ‘pious’ selves, which dissociate wealth from moral worth and provide other sources of self-esteem. But these counter-values can also be problematic, as they are ineffective in countering market forces and hardening class divisions.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s10767-016-9251-5
Uncontrolled keywords: Working class subjectivities Neoliberalism Boundary work Moral sentiments Post-Soviet Central Asia
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations
Depositing User: Elmira Satybaldieva
Date Deposited: 24 Apr 2018 15:44 UTC
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 16:52 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/66839 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Satybaldieva, Elmira.

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