Overview
- Is the first known critical review of health management of drug addiction and other risky behaviors in Central Asia
- Makes a theoretical contribution to the studies of biopolitics
- Combines theories from different disciplines such as anthropology, economics, and sociology
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health (BRIEFSPUBLIC)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- public health in Central Asia
- Soviet style health management
- Post-Soviet Central Asia
- drug abuse
- HIV/AIDS
- substance abuse
- Biopolitics of Foucault in post-Soviet Central Asia
- biopolitics
- Uchoyt
- health regimes
- Genealogy of Epidemics in Central Asia
- drug consumption patterns
- social aspects of drug abuse
- people who inject drugs (PWIDs)
- drug addiction
- substance misuse
- HIV infection
- social narcology
- drug epidemic
About this book
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 addictionwho are working in the region.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Muyassar Turaeva, PhD is a public health scientist. She obtained her Master's degree in public health from Charité University of Medicine and PhD in Public Health from Bielefeld University, both located in Germany. She mainly conducted research focusing on gender, health, drug addiction, HIV, and near-death experience, and has published her scientific research in journals including Kultur und Gesellschaft Opladen, Journal of Substance Use, Advanced Studies in Medical Sciences, and British Journal of Applied Science & Technology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Drugs and Public Health in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Book Subtitle: Soviet-Style Health Management
Authors: Muyassar Turaeva
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Public Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09703-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-09702-7Published: 28 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-09703-4Published: 27 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2192-3698
Series E-ISSN: 2192-3701
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 103
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Health, Medical Anthropology, Medical Sociology, Asian Culture, Health Administration, Political Science