Eurasiatica Quaderni di studi su Balcani, Anatolia, Iran, Caucaso e Asia Centrale

Collana | Eurasiatica
Miscellanea | Monitoring Central Asia and the Caspian Area
Capitolo | Regime-Building through Controlled Opening

Regime-Building through Controlled Opening

New Authoritarianism in Post-Karimov Uzbekistan

Abstract

This article aims to locate the version of authoritarianism developing in post-Karimov Uzbekistan to current debates on the emergence of new forms of authoritarian governance within and beyond post-Soviet Eurasia. To this end, the article re-evaluates Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s policies in light of authoritarian modernisation theory, revealing how the ultimate end of the process of political change currently at play in Uzbekistan is connected with an upgrading of local authoritarian practices rather than to the liberalisation of the domestic political landscape.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 08 Agosto 2019 | Accettato: 04 Settembre 2019 | Pubblicato 16 Dicembre 2019 | Lingua: en

Keywords AuthoritarianismLeadership transitionUzbekistan


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