Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia: Institutional Change, Economic Diversification and Social Stratification Finke Peter
Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia: Institutional Change, Economic Diversification and Social Stratification Finke Peter Taking the case of Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia, this book looks…
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Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia: Institutional Change, Economic Diversification and Social Stratification Finke Peter
Taking the case of Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia, this book looks at the universal human requirement to balance individual flexibility and strategies designed to make a living with the social expectations that impose particular rules of conduct but also enable mutual trust and cooperation to emerge.Pastoralists in Western Mongolia have experienced dramatic changes in recent decades, including the dismantling of the socialist economy, a series of natural disasters, and an emigration of roughly half of the local Qazaq minority to the newly independent state of Qazaqstan. First is the emergence of the market as the dominant mode of production and exchange, a thorny way full of uncertainties. Four aspects illustrate the chances and challenges that people face.
Second is the individual household and its adaptation to the new economic system, creating new opportunities as