Поэма или множество стихов об одном, о том как любой человек может оказаться невольным свидетелем Ала Качуу, так называемого Похищением невесты. Стихотворения написаны с разной перспективы рассказчика - от первого и второго лиц. Переживания личного характера, обретаемая травма от обыденной несправедливости патриархального кыргызского общества.
Все имена и история вымышлены.
Посвящается стойкости женщинам Кыргызстана, и везде, где практикуется такой метод склонения к браку.

Похищение невесты - Ала-Качуу Часть 4

Похищение невесты - Ала-Качуу Часть 1

From the acclaimed author of The Rotters' Club and The Closed Circle comes the novel for our strange contemporary times. Beginning nine years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by chain retail, and London, where both frenzied riots and Olympic fever plague the streets, Middle England tracks a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through the transformation of their society. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There are newlyweds Ian and Sophie, who disagree about England's future and, possibly, their relationship; Doug, the political commentator who writes impassioned columns about austerity from his Chelsea townhouse while his radical, teenage daughter undertakes a relentless quest for universal justice; Benjamin Trotter, who embarks on an apparently doomed new career in middle age, and his father Colin, whose last wish is to vote LEAVE in the Brexit referendum. Through all these lives we see this very tentatively united kingdom itself: a place of nostalgia and delusion, bewilderment and barely suppressed rage. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As acutely alert to the absurdity of the political classes as it is compassionate about those left behind by elites of all sorts, this is a novel only Jonathan Coe could have written.

Middle England by Jonathan Coe

This episode we are excited to welcome Sergei Guriev (Twitter: @sguriev), the chief economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 

Academic work: The interview kicks off with a discussion of Sergei’s academic work in the early 2000’s. In it Sergei and Andrei Rachinsky studied the Role of oligarchs in Russian capitalism and showed that oligarchs owned around 40% of the Russian industry (see Guriev & Rachinsky, 2005). Since then his academic and policy work remained related to corruption issues.

Transitions: The interview covers the question why some Post-Soviet countries have transitioned successfully into a market economy while others haven’t, touching on the importance of institutional quality, experience of democracy, critical free press and inclusion.
Challenges to study corruption: The two also discuss the challenge to study corruption, both from a methodological standpoint but also from a political standpoint, when working in a multi-lateral international organizations that are funded by governments. 
Positive examples: Matthew and Sergei touch on several anti-corruption examples that give reason to hope, such as the public e-procurement system, Pro Zorro (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prozorro) in Ukraine or the political transformation in Georgia in the early 2000’s.

Bride between academia and policy: As part of Sergei’s job, he communicates corruption research to for policy makers, emphasizing in particular the need for more research on the nexus between populism and corruption.

3G  Internet and Confidence in Government. Finally, the two discuss Sergei’s most recent work on the impact of 3G Internet access on attitudes and perceptions about corruption, illustrating on the one hand that internet access can indeed make citizens more critical of corrupt regimes, but on the other hand the dangers of internet censorship or rising populism. 

If you want to find out more about Sergei, you can check out his Wikipedia Article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Guriev or follow him twitter (@SGuriev).

References

Guriev, S., & Rachinsky, A. (2005). The role of oligarchs in Russian capitalism. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19(1), 131-150.

Guriev, S., Melnikov, N., & Zhuravskaya, E. (2019) 3G internet and confidence in government. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Working Paper No. 233, https://t.co/xElidfbOkw?amp=1

15. Sergei Guriev on the value of governance, inclusion & the internet for anti-corruption efforts

Сергей Никитин пишет в ФБ: Какая разница — скажет кто-то — узник совести или политзаключённый. Важно ли это? И как вы их можете пересчитать по всей стране огромной? Вам это зачем надо?
Надо. Это нужно всем, потому что у каждого гражданина или гражданки должно быть чёткое представление о том, в какой стране она или он живёт. Потому что насилие со стороны властей, нарушение прав человека, — они сегодня случаются с кем-то далеко, а завтра — может, и с вами. 
Старейшая российская правозащитная организация «Мемориал» известна очень многим. Быть может, меньшее число людей знают о том, что есть Правозащитный центр Human Rights Center Memorial (ПЦ «Мемориал») и Научно-информационный и просветительский центр «Мемориал» (НИПЦ «Мемориал»). 
Работой Правозащитного центра «Мемориал» руководит избираемый членами ПЦ Совет, в состав которого входят очень достойные люди. В составе Совета и Сергей Давидис. Сергей —  юрист, социолог, руководитель программы «Поддержка преследуемых по политическим мотивам и защита гражданских активистов» ПЦ «Мемориал».
Вчера Simon Cosgrove и я провели больше часа в увлекательной беседе с Сергеем Давидисом, который рассказал нам очень много интересного.

This week Simon Cosgrove and Sergei Nikitin talk with Sergei Davidis (pictured), member of the board of Memorial Human Rights Centre and director of the Centre's programme on political prisoners. Memorial Human Rights Centre is one of the most authoritative human rights organisations in Russia. The organisation maintains a list of political prisoners in the Russian Federation. As of today, there are 314 names on that list. We talk with Sergei Davidis about how a political prisoner is defined, what can be done to secure the release of political prisoners, how the number of such prisoners can be reduced in the future and what can be done to bring this about. This podcast is in the Russian language. 

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The music is from Stravinsky's Elegy for Solo Viola, played here by Karolina Errera.

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