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ARTICLES

The Fabric of Answer: Constructing a National Facade

Sophie Roche 93

How Relations Make Persons: Rituals Accompanying Childbirth and

Socialization of Infants in Kyrgyzstan

Swetlana Torno 111

Women, the Parliament and Political Participation in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan

Cholpon Turdalieva and Medet Tiulegenov 134

Talking about and Doing Elections: The Shaping of a Local Electoral Field

in Western Afghanistan

Said Reza Kazemi 160

BOOK DISCUSSION 177

Johan Engvall, The State as Investment Market: Kyrgyzstan in Comparative Perspective (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh

Press, 2016)

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Central Asian Affairs Aims & ScopeCentral Asian Afffairs is a peer-reviewed journal that is published quarterly. It aims to feature innovative social science research on contemporary developments in the wider Central Asian region. Its coverage includes Central Asia, Afghanistan, the Caucasus, Xinjiang, neighboring powers (China, Iran, Pakistan, India, Russia, Turkey), and the role of leading international powers and donors in this region. Central Asian Afffairs informs scholarly discourse and policy discussions on the region by engaging experts from across the academic arena, drawing on a diverse array of disciplines including political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, development studies, and security studies.

EditorsEditor-in-Chief: Marlene Laruelle, George Washington UniversityManaging Editor: Sebastien Peyrouse, George Washington UniversityAssociate Editors: Henry Hale, Sean Roberts and Cory Welt, George Washington UniversityBook Review Editor: Erica Marat, National Defense University

International Editorial BoardGardner Bovingdon, Indiana University BloomingtonAlexander Cooley, Barnard College, Columbia UniversitySally Cummings, Saint Andrew UniversityAntonio Giustozzi, London School of EconomicsPauline Jones Luong, Brown UniversityNargis Kassenova, Center for Central Asian Studies, KIMEPAndrei Kazantsev, Analytical Center, MGIMOSimbal Khan, Institute for Strategic Studies, IslamabadEric McGlinchey, George Mason UniversityNeil Melvin, SIPRI, StockholmNazif Shahrani, Indiana University BloomingtonMeena Singh Roy, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, DelhiTomohiko Uyama, Slavic Research Center, Sapporo UniversityZhao Huasheng, Center for Central Eurasian Studies, Fudan University

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