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Central Asia and the COVID-19 Pandemic / Jean-Francois Caron, Helene Thibault, editors.

Material type: TextTextSeries: Steppe and beyondPublication details: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, [2022]Description: xiv, 173 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789811675850
  • 9811675856
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA644.C376.C468 2022
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Contents:
1. Uyat or the Culture of Shame as a Vector of Covid-19 Contamination in Kazakhstan -- 2. Understanding the impact of misinformation on psychological state of Uzbekistani citizens during the COVID-19 outbreak -- 3. The "Sick Man of Asia" Exploring Popular Perceptions of China in Kyrgyzstan -- 4. Anti-Chinese Sentiment, the BRI, and COVID-19: Kazakh Perceptions of China in Central Asia -- 5. A Frontier Market in the COVID-19 Era: Kazakhstan-Economic Diversification in the 2020s -- 6. Kyrgyz parliamentary elections as a trigger-how COVID-19 unveiled the deep-rooted structural problems at stake.
Summary: This book aims at shedding light on the reasons why the death rates during the pandemic were so high in Central Asia. More specifically, this book proposes analysis on why individuals did not follow the sanitary rules imposed by their respective government and on the role played by misinformation. Secondly, it also examines the impact of Sinophobia in Central Asia and the future challenges this feeling may pose on the authorities in the near future. Lastly, this book also proposes analysis of how the pandemic has contributed to show the inherent vulnerabilities of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan by focusing on their immediate and future political consequences. Jean-Francois Caron is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Helene Thibault is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.
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1. Uyat or the Culture of Shame as a Vector of Covid-19 Contamination in Kazakhstan -- 2. Understanding the impact of misinformation on psychological state of Uzbekistani citizens during the COVID-19 outbreak -- 3. The "Sick Man of Asia" Exploring Popular Perceptions of China in Kyrgyzstan -- 4. Anti-Chinese Sentiment, the BRI, and COVID-19: Kazakh Perceptions of China in Central Asia -- 5. A Frontier Market in the COVID-19 Era: Kazakhstan-Economic Diversification in the 2020s -- 6. Kyrgyz parliamentary elections as a trigger-how COVID-19 unveiled the deep-rooted structural problems at stake.

This book aims at shedding light on the reasons why the death rates during the pandemic were so high in Central Asia. More specifically, this book proposes analysis on why individuals did not follow the sanitary rules imposed by their respective government and on the role played by misinformation. Secondly, it also examines the impact of Sinophobia in Central Asia and the future challenges this feeling may pose on the authorities in the near future. Lastly, this book also proposes analysis of how the pandemic has contributed to show the inherent vulnerabilities of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan by focusing on their immediate and future political consequences. Jean-Francois Caron is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Helene Thibault is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.

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