Kinship in post-socialist Mongolia : its revival and reinvention

This thesis argues that kinship is experiencing revived importance in every aspect of life in post-socialist Mongolia and suggests a number of reasons for this phenomenon. Under socialism the state performed functions that in traditional times were the province of kin relations and networks, includi...

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Main Author: Park, Hwan-Young
Published: University of Cambridge 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609945