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Drugs and Public Health in Post-Soviet Central Asia - Soviet-Style Health Management (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
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Drugs and Public Health in Post-Soviet Central Asia - Soviet-Style Health Management (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health
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The book outlines post-Soviet style of health management in Central
Asia. Regional studies on Central Asia to date have focused on
states, politics, religion and inter-ethnic relations but not on
the health system within the region. Soviet-style policies have
also covered only other aspects relevant for the region. This book
highlights the public health situation of the region with a focus
on drug abuse, HIV/AIDS in the context of increased mobility, and
drug trafficking routes which became even more porous after the
break-up of the Soviet Union. Based on a qualitative study, the
empirical data in the book was collected during long-term fieldwork
conducted in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in 2010-2011 as well as
shorter stays in Uzbekistan between 2012-2016. The analysis of the
empirical material largely draws on the works of Foucault,
particularly his concept of biopolitics when analyzing Soviet-style
health management that is still practiced in the region. Applying
the Foucauldian genealogical method, this study has been structured
to trace the genealogy of epidemics to understand the historical
path of drug abuse in the region as well as the discursive
genealogy of drug politics and drug abuse. Applying the same
genealogical method of Foucault, the formative and discursive
trajectory of the institution of Uchyot was traced to contextualize
the health governance methods that have historical legacy of
Soviet-style governance and control of the total population. Drugs
and Public Health in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Soviet-Style Health
Management is a unique resource for academic specialists,
practitioners/professionals, and advanced undergraduate and
graduate students in public health, as well as a range of scholars
and professionals in sociology, political science, anthropology,
and anyone with an interest in the Central Asia region, drug
addiction, or HIV. The book also could appeal to international
donors in the field of HIV/drug addiction who are working in the
region.
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