Achieving a Career, Becoming a Master: Aspirations in the Lives of Young Uzbek Men

Jesko Schmoller

Published by De Gruyter 2020

Achieving a Career, Becoming a Master

Aspirations in the Lives of Young Uzbek Men

Jesko Schmoller

Volume 26 in the series Studies on Modern Orient

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783112209110

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“Achieving a Career, Becoming a Master” gives an insight into the everyday lives of young men in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. As the Soviet Union made access to Central Asia an outright impossibility for foreign researchers, and due to the present autocratic system and its control of information, there exists very little expertise on Uzbek society and culture. The book explores what young Uzbeks strive for in the professional and private spheres and how they try to realize their aims. As most of them are inclined either to become successful businessmen or make a career within the state apparatus, special attention is given to Uzbek entrepreneurship and the civil service. Considering the challenge within the difficult labor market of earning enough money to marry, establishing the funds to afford the incredibly expensive wedding ceremony is regarded a real achievement. The cultural context and its influence on the way young Uzbeks think and act are also taken account of. Strategic planning informs the workplace agency of young employees struggling to build a career. Determined to carve out their personal trajectories and to assert themselves in the face of strong social and economic forces, the individuals portrayed here defy the stereotype of the collective-minded subject of post-Soviet Asia.

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1. Objectives and aspirations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
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3. Demonstration of Loyalty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Main content: 240

eBook

Published: August 10, 2020
ISBN: 9783112209110

Hardcover

Published: July 1, 2014
ISBN: 9783879974405