Routledge Series on Economic and Social Transformations in Central and Inner Asia

This series deals with processes of economic and social change in contemporary Central and Inner Asia and its impacts on local livelihoods. With the transformation from a socialist economy to one oriented towards market mechanisms, people in the region saw themselves confronted with new chances and challenges to sustain their living. Taking their hopes and everyday experiences as a starting point, themes covered in the series include local economic practices, the inclusion into global chains of production and exchange, growing inequality and precarisation, changing gender relations and social networks, new forms of consumption as well as large-scale labour migrations. Distinctive for the series is also the combination of areas commonly labelled – and thus separated – as Central versus Inner Asia, which share multiple historical, ethnic, and political features, and thus provide ample opportunity for inner-regional comparisons.

The series welcomes new submissions for monographs, edited volumes, and student textbooks in this thriving field. Stemming from a variety of disciplines, social and cultural anthropology, human geography, sociology and gender studies, it offers the possibility to develop new theoretical models and methodological approaches, and show practical implications.

Please contact Dorothea Schaefter, Senior Editor, Routledge if you wish to submit a new proposal. Email: Dorothea.Schaefter@tandf.co.uk