@article{1449375,
      recid = {1449375},
      author = {Turaeva, Muyassar.},
      title = {Drugs and public health in post-Soviet Central Asia :  Soviet-style health management /},
      pages = {1 online resource (1 volume) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1449375},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09703-4},
}