L’héritage soviétique dans les actions des institutions de gestion des pâturages au Kirghizistan
The paper looks at the Soviet legacy in pasture governance systems of Kyrgyzstan that reproduce Soviet-era practices, meanings and power hierarchies. The study focuses on the current operation of local-level institutions (Pasture Users Associations and Pasture Committees) and the changing role of he...
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| author | Aiganysh Isaeva Jyldyz Shigaeva |
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| description | The paper looks at the Soviet legacy in pasture governance systems of Kyrgyzstan that reproduce Soviet-era practices, meanings and power hierarchies. The study focuses on the current operation of local-level institutions (Pasture Users Associations and Pasture Committees) and the changing role of herders as a key pasture user category in the new socio-economic environment. Path dependence theory, which posits that old institutions continue to structure new policy arrangements, frames the analysis. Empirical data collected in Kyrgyzstan’s Naryn Province show how non-participatory decision-making and implementation modes, as well as the meanings surrounding pasture use, that were shaped during the Soviet era, still influence institutions in the present day, along with established patterns amongst resource users and between resource users and their environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-168bcb27ab3d4badad892ebb5657339f2024-02-14T15:02:03ZengInstitut de Géographie AlpineRevue de Géographie Alpine0035-11211760-7426105110.4000/rga.3584L’héritage soviétique dans les actions des institutions de gestion des pâturages au KirghizistanAiganysh IsaevaJyldyz ShigaevaThe paper looks at the Soviet legacy in pasture governance systems of Kyrgyzstan that reproduce Soviet-era practices, meanings and power hierarchies. The study focuses on the current operation of local-level institutions (Pasture Users Associations and Pasture Committees) and the changing role of herders as a key pasture user category in the new socio-economic environment. Path dependence theory, which posits that old institutions continue to structure new policy arrangements, frames the analysis. Empirical data collected in Kyrgyzstan’s Naryn Province show how non-participatory decision-making and implementation modes, as well as the meanings surrounding pasture use, that were shaped during the Soviet era, still influence institutions in the present day, along with established patterns amongst resource users and between resource users and their environment.https://journals.openedition.org/rga/3584herdersinstitutionspath dependencecommunity-based pasture managementKyrgyzstansoviet legacy |
| spellingShingle | Aiganysh Isaeva Jyldyz Shigaeva L’héritage soviétique dans les actions des institutions de gestion des pâturages au Kirghizistan Revue de Géographie Alpine herders institutions path dependence community-based pasture management Kyrgyzstan soviet legacy |
| title | L’héritage soviétique dans les actions des institutions de gestion des pâturages au Kirghizistan |
| title_full | L’héritage soviétique dans les actions des institutions de gestion des pâturages au Kirghizistan |
| title_fullStr | L’héritage soviétique dans les actions des institutions de gestion des pâturages au Kirghizistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | L’héritage soviétique dans les actions des institutions de gestion des pâturages au Kirghizistan |
| title_short | L’héritage soviétique dans les actions des institutions de gestion des pâturages au Kirghizistan |
| title_sort | l heritage sovietique dans les actions des institutions de gestion des paturages au kirghizistan |
| topic | herders institutions path dependence community-based pasture management Kyrgyzstan soviet legacy |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/rga/3584 |
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