THE ROLE OF KHODJAS AND MAHALLAS IN UZBEKISTAN: TOOLS FOR SOCIAL STABILITY?

Abstract

Twenty-five years after its independence, Uzbekistan is looking for a new social model by integrating old traditions, Islam and Modernity. Following a series of interviews conducted among Uzbeks in areas of South Kazakhstan and in some regions of Uzbekistan, the authors offer an in-depth analysis of traditional social structures. After seventy years of the one-party system, “Western style” political parties are not as representative of social life as the khodjas are. Leadership in Uzbekistan is more social than political

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10.5209/runi.57294

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