Tuesday, November 20, 2007

PUBL.- Reports from the Social Research Center at AUCA (Bishkek)

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PUBL.- Reports from the Social Research Center at AUCA (Bishkek)

Posted by: Social Research Center" <src@mail.auca.kg>

Please find below links to reports and summaries recently posted to
the website of the Social Research Center at the American University
of Central Asia.

SRC is a research unit of AUCA. Its mission is to promote the
long-lasting development of principals and practices of democracy,
free market, rule of law, and social equality in Kyrgyzstan through
research, publications, interdisciplinary studies, conferences,
roundtables, and networking. SRC mainly focuses on four target areas:
Corruption, Islam, Migration and NGO.

For more detailed information about SRC, please visit our website at

www.src.auca.kg.


CORRUPTION:

Local Governance and Citizens' Welfare in Kyrgyzstan

By Dr. Babken V. Babajanian, London School of Economics and Political
Science, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Babken_eng.pdf


Short-Circuiting Reform: Informal Politico-Economic Network in
Georgia's and Kyrgyzstan's Electricity Sectors

By Dr. Stacy Closson, PhD in International Relations, London School of
Economics and Political Science, Visiting Research Fellow, Social
Research Center, AUCA

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Closson_eng.pdf


Smuggling and Organized Crime in Kyrgyzstan

By Alexander Kupatadze, PhD candidate, School of International
Relations, St Andrew University, Visiting Research Fellow

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Kupat_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Kupat_rus.pdf


ISLAM:

Roundtable: Islam in Central Asia: Perspectives From the Field
Presenters: Dr. John Schoeberlein, Director, Central Asian and
Caucasus Program, Harvard University; Eren Murat Tasar, PhD student at
the History Department of Harvard University; Baris Isci, PhD
candidate at the Anthropology Department of Washington University in
St. Louis; and Dr Kadyr Malikov, expert of the Institute of Strategic
Analysis and Prognosis at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavonic University,
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/IslamCA_eng.pdf


The Religious, the Secular and the Esoteric in Bishkek: A Disenchanted City?

By Maria Elisabeth Louw, PhD in Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus
University, Denmark, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Louw_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Louw_rus.pdf


Analysis of Islam in Historical Context

By Eren Murat Tasar, PhD student at the History Department of Harvard
University, Visiting Research Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Eren%20Tasar_eng.pdf


MIGRATION:

Research Project: Social Rehabilitation Conditions of Kyrgyz Labor
Migrants Following Their Return to Homeland

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Migrants_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Migrants_rus.pdf

Migration: Osh Bishkek Almaty Moscow and return? How Different
Generations Sustain Their Livelihoods in Multi-local Settings

By Dr Susan Thieme, PhD in Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Susan_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Susan_rus.pdf


Impact of Land Distribution on Internal Migration in Kyrgyzstan

By Ruslan Rahimov, PhD in Social Anthropology, School of Higher
Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris, France, Visiting Research
Fellow, Social Research Center, AUCA

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Rahimov_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Rahimov_rus.pdf


NGO DEVELOPMENT:

Research Project: Collaboration Between Government and Health NGOs in
Kyrgyzstan

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Pugachev_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Pugachev_rus.pdf


Roundtable: Establishing a Representative Democracy in Kyrgyzstan: The
Role of NGOs In This Process

English version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/rd_est_ngo_eng.pdf
Russian version: http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/rd_est_ngo_rus.pdf


OTHER HOT TOPICS:

National Poll Analysis: Mood of Kyrgyz Citizens during 2005-2007

Russian version of Report I:

http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Nog_rus.pdf
Russian version of Report II:

http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Ryabkov_rus.pdf


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