Saidbek Goziev studied International Relations at the Tajik State University in Dushanbe (Tajikistan). He earned his MA in Politics and Society from the University of Lancaster (United Kingdom) and his PhD in Social Sciences from the Graduate School for Social Research at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. His main research interests lie in Sociology, Politics, Diplomacy, History, Religion, Cultural Studies and Anthropology.

• Contents: East – West – Individualism – Collectivism – Tajik Culture – Islam – Civil Society – Mahalla – Traditional Institutions – Social Capital – Trust – Soviet Union – Avlod – Qawm – Jamoat – Equality – Hierarchy.

Saidbek Goziev studied International Relations at the Tajik State University in Dushanbe (Tajikistan). He earned his MA in Politics and Society from the University of Lancaster (United Kingdom) and his PhD in Social Sciences from the Graduate School for Social Research at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. His main research interests lie in Sociology, Politics, Diplomacy, History, Religion, Cultural Studies and Anthropology.

• Contents: East – West – Individualism – Collectivism – Tajik Culture – Islam – Civil Society – Mahalla – Traditional Institutions – Social Capital – Trust – Soviet Union – Avlod – Qawm – Jamoat – Equality – Hierarchy.

Saidbek Goziev studied International Relations at the Tajik State University in Dushanbe (Tajikistan). He earned his MA in Politics and Society from the University of Lancaster (United Kingdom) and his PhD in Social Sciences from the Graduate School for Social Research at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. His main research interests lie in Sociology, Politics, Diplomacy, History, Religion, Cultural Studies and Anthropology.

• Contents: East – West – Individualism – Collectivism – Tajik Culture – Islam – Civil Society – Mahalla – Traditional Institutions – Social Capital – Trust – Soviet Union – Avlod – Qawm – Jamoat – Equality – Hierarchy.