Central Asia and the COVID-19 pandemic

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    • Caron, Jean-François
    • Thibault, Hélène

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Central Asia and the COVID-19 pandemic

Jean-François Caron, Hélène Thibault, editors

(The steppe and beyond : studies on Central Asia)

Palgrave Macmillan, c2022

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book aims at shedding light on the reasons why the death rates during the pandemic were so high in Central Asia. More specifically, this book proposes analysis on why individuals did not follow the sanitary rules imposed by their respective government and on the role played by misinformation. Secondly, it also examines the impact of Sinophobia in Central Asia and the future challenges this feeling may pose on the authorities in the near future. Lastly, this book also proposes analysis of how the pandemic has contributed to show the inherent vulnerabilities of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan by focusing on their immediate and future political consequences.

Table of Contents

1. Uyat or the Culture of Shame as a Vector of Covid-19 Contamination in Kazakhstan.- 2. Understanding the impact of misinformation on psychological state of Uzbekistani citizens during the COVID-19 outbreak.- 3. The "Sick Man of Asia": Exploring Popular Perceptions of China in Kyrgyzstan.- 4. Anti-Chinese Sentiment, the BRI, and COVID-19: Kazakh Perceptions of China in Central Asia.- 5. A Frontier Market in the COVID-19 Era: Kazakhstan's Economic Diversification in the 2020s.- 6. Kyrgyz parliamentary elections as a trigger - how COVID-19 unveiled the deep-rooted structural problems at stake.

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