Symbolic Legitimacy of Social Ordering and Conflict Settlement Practices: The Role of Collective Identities in Local Politics of Tajikistan

Boboyorov, Hafiz

doi:10.1080/17502977.2020.1790870

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“…After 20 years of reforms in land policies and measures in Tajikistan, 8 % of the farmers still know nothing about their legal rights situation. In our case study regions, we identified that local (informal) institutions are often most important for farmers and their village unity, which goes in line with Mandler (2013) and Boboyorov (2013), who have investigated this in other regions of Tajikistan.…”

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Discrepancies between paper and practice in policy implementation: Tajikistan’s property rights and customary claims to land and water

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Discrepancies between paper and practice in policy implementation: Tajikistan’s property rights and customary claims to land and water

2018

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“…The area allocated to cotton production (exclusively irrigated) has declined since 1991, from over 35% of all arable land in 1991 (299,000 ha), to 22% (186,000 ha) in 2019 (TajStat, 2020). The cotton sector is officially liberalized, but it is controlled by political and economic elites who have been playing a significant role in shaping reforms of the cotton sector since the 1990s (Boboyorov, 2013;Hofman, 2018Hofman, , 2021cHofman & Visser, 2021). The Tajik state continues to disseminate production plans from the top down.…”

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“…In this article, I focus my analysis on the diffusion of Chinese cotton seed in Tajikistan. Cotton is known in Tajikistan as the state's wealth (boygarii davlat) (Boboyorov, 2013;Hofman, 2018). Cotton is Tajikistan's primary agricultural export commodity, and the cotton economy is controlled by the ruling regime (Boboyorov, 2013;Hofman, 2018Hofman, , 2021c.…”

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“…Cotton is known in Tajikistan as the state's wealth (boygarii davlat) (Boboyorov, 2013;Hofman, 2018). Cotton is Tajikistan's primary agricultural export commodity, and the cotton economy is controlled by the ruling regime (Boboyorov, 2013;Hofman, 2018Hofman, , 2021c. In recent years, the state has actively attempted to attract foreign investors to revive the cotton sector (Hofman, 2021b).…”

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Seeds of empire or seeds of friendship? The politics of the diffusion of Chinese cotton seeds in Tajikistan

Hofman

2024

Journal of Agrarian Change

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China's nascent role in the global agrifood regime manifests itself in varied ways across the world, including in the rising spread of Chinese agricultural inputs in foreign markets. This article examines the character and dynamics of a Chinese seed company in Tajikistan, a country in which China's influence has grown substantially since the early 2010s. Focussing on Tajikistan's politicized cotton sector, I analyse the multiscalar and multiactor processes involved in the promotion of Chinese cotton seed and illuminate that Chinese seed breeders strategically tapped into Chinese state funds for their commercial seed business. However, Tajik actors as well as socio‐economic, technical, and political factors have played a crucial role in mediating the Chinese presence and the commodification of seed. I contend that Tajik farmers' seed selection is not significantly influenced by, what could be called, grand politics. Furthermore, I demonstrate that, while the Chinese state plays a central role in the globalization of seed companies, the materialization of state capital has been shaped by private actors, who operate according to capitalist rationality.

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“…It shapes collective identities, and Mostowlansky (2012) indicates that the figure of the 'good man'a person with high moral principlesis essential for communal peace and harmony in the Murgab region. 1 Nevertheless, hashar has also been shown to be co-opted for individual political gain (Boboyorov 2020).…”

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Community perceptions of co-managing Tajik National Park

Shokirov

Backhaus

Bartmess

2021

Central Asian Survey

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Tajik National Park struggles with overgrazing, illegal hunting and ill-managed tourism. The designation of the park as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013 was meant to ease some of these struggles, but improvements are thus far difficult to identify. We conducted a case study to understand how local people perceive and interact with the park to probe how these struggles could be mitigated. Interviewees and participants proposed solutions that revolved around the concept of co-management, which we consider as a way to alleviate challenges the park faces today, especially in terms of nature conservation and livelihoods for communities affected by the park. We conclude that engaged community members are willing to help the park improve its management by co-producing knowledge and adapting to social-ecological change if certain conditions, such as improving trust and making trade-offs, are met.

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Symbolic Legitimacy of Social Ordering and Conflict Settlement Practices: The Role of Collective Identities in Local Politics of Tajikistan

Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

Discrepancies between paper and practice in policy implementation: Tajikistan’s property rights and customary claims to land and water

Discrepancies between paper and practice in policy implementation: Tajikistan’s property rights and customary claims to land and water

Seeds of empire or seeds of friendship? The politics of the diffusion of Chinese cotton seeds in Tajikistan

Community perceptions of co-managing Tajik National Park

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