Kyrgyzstan: the fate of political liberalization

Huskey, Eugene

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“…On the eve of independence, there was a need to focus on the process of nation-building and re-examine many aspects of the Soviet legacy. At the same time, there was also a drive to emphasize indigenous Kyrgyz cultural and social values, to redefine titular nationality along ethnic-based identity (Akiner 1997b;Huskey 1997;Dzhunushaliev and Ploskih 2000;Tolmacheva 2005;Gullette 2008;Light 2011), and to foster oral tradition (Prior 2006, 36) -and in so doing, to follow a Soviet way of reviving the nation (Gullette 2008) by "merging cosmological origins with descent through recognized historical figures" (Light 2011,41).…”

Section: Nation-building Projects: Kinship Rhetoricmentioning

confidence: 99%

Constructing the authority of women through custom: Bulak village, Kyrgyzstan

Исмаилбекова

2016

Natl. pap.

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The traditional authority of Kyrgyz women operates within moral frameworks and through their roles as keepers of hearth and home, and has been recognized by the state for its important role in family life and in society. Women are responsible for the health of future generations, for the quality of children's education, and for safeguarding and passing on moral principles, which contribute to the formation of the traditional Kyrgyz family, and thus to the Kyrgyz nation. Kyrgyz ideas that women are keepers of hearth and home are exactly the ideas that allow women to build authority within the home and family. Not only do Kyrgyz women actually gain a great deal of power in their families over the course of their lives, but also this female power is foundational to the Kyrgyz sense of nation and sovereignty. Thus, what seems to be “domestic” power is, in fact, power with very public connections and effects.

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Section: Nation-building Projects: Kinship Rhetoricmentioning

confidence: 99%

Constructing the authority of women through custom: Bulak village, Kyrgyzstan

Исмаилбекова

2016

Natl. pap.

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“…121 Independence put political reform immediately on the agenda. 122 In making his democratic ideology clear, Akayev gained the backing of the Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan. 123 Meanwhile, Akayev did not fear losing his clan-based political backing.…”

Section: Kyrgyzstanmentioning

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The Logic of Clan Politics: Evidence from the Central Asian Trajectories

Collins¹

2004

World Pol.

129

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This article argues that clans, informal organizations based on kin and fictive kin ties, are political actors that have a profound impact on the nature of posttransitional regimes and the potential for regime durability. The article first develops the concept of “clan” conceptually. It then develops several propositions about clan politics and explores them empirically in the context of the post-Soviet Central Asian cases. These cases suggest the limits of the prevailing transitions and institutionalist approaches; these theories cannot explain regime transition in the Central Asian cases because they focus on the formal level and ignore the crucial informal actors—clans—and the informal politics that shape these cases. The distinct mode of transition, new regime institutions, and leadership and elite ideologies evident at the formal level have a very short-term effect; withinfiveyears, these cases converge toward a pattern of informal, clan-based politics. By contrast, this article draws upon the insights of the early literature on political development as well as the state-society literature to develop an alternative framework for explaining the dynamic between clans and the regime. Clan networks and clan deals penetrate and transform the formal regime in several ways—by clan-based appointments and patronage, by stripping state assets to feed one's clan network, and by crowding out other mechanisms of representation. As they undermine formal institutions, clans create an informal regime best understood as “clan politics.”

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“…Kyrgyzstan USAID (1998) stated that 'Kyrgyzstan remains the most open of the five countries of Central Asia in both economic and political terms' (see also Huskey, 1997). This can be seen in the role and freedom of its NGOs and USAID stated that there 'the generally open environment for NGOs provides opportunities that are increasingly being realised'.…”

Section: Kazakhstanmentioning

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Developing sustainability: environmental non‐governmental organizations in former Soviet Central Asia

Farmer

Farmer²

2001

Sustainable Development

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Former Soviet Central Asia has inherited severe environmental problems from the Soviet Union, alongside a range of social and political structures and poor economic performance. Subsequent political developments have been highly varied, ranging from the development of relatively open societies to highly authoritarian. A large number of environmental NGOs have been formed in all five republics, some from the Soviet period, but mostly in the independent republics. These have received some support from western institutions. However, while they are successful in undertaking a range of activities, they are often fragmented and have short-term planning and limited impacts of governments. Environmental NGO activity is complicated by the presence of 'quasi'-NGOs with official government support and, in some cases, by the direct participation of NGOs in election processes. Environmental NGOs play an important role in developing a more sustainable society in Central Asia, not least in promoting the concepts of civil society. However, their future development should not necessarily be viewed within western models of NGOs. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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Kyrgyzstan: the fate of political liberalization

Cited by 21 publications

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Constructing the authority of women through custom: Bulak village, Kyrgyzstan

Constructing the authority of women through custom: Bulak village, Kyrgyzstan

The Logic of Clan Politics: Evidence from the Central Asian Trajectories

Developing sustainability: environmental non‐governmental organizations in former Soviet Central Asia

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