Old Slogans Ringing Hollow? The Legacy of Social Engineering, Statebuilding and the ‘Dilemma of Difference’ in (Post-) Soviet Kyrgyzstan

Lottholz, Philipp

doi:10.1080/17502977.2018.1507869

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“…For instance, the articles, policy papers and blog posts in which I described the Civic Union's work in an accessible language, including in Russian (see Lottholz, 2016aLottholz, , 2016bLottholz, , 2020, helped to raise their visibility, but to what extent they may really have influenced donors' or national partners' perception of the network is hard to grasp and is most likely negligible. Further, the peer-reviewed articles on the network (Lottholz, 2018c as well as on Saferworld's work (Lottholz, 2018b), and not least this monograph, were published too late to offer significant help in positioning these actors. In terms of content, my analyses of community-level project implementation did not yield decisive insights for the practitioners and mostly served to provide further reflection on the dilemmas of community security when considered in the wider societal and political-economic context.…”

Section: Reflections From Fieldwork and Beyondmentioning

confidence: 99%

Post-Liberal Statebuilding in Central Asia

Lottholz

2022

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To Polina, with all my love vii Contents List of Figures and Tables viii Notes on Transliteration and Language ix Acknowledgements x 1The people to be thanked first are the protagonists of this research: research participants, conversation partners, interlocutors and all those ready to invite me to get to know their initiatives, projects, organizations and points of view. I am most grateful for your openness and trust and hope that the dialogue that has unfolded will continue further to new horizons. The research experience was especially enriching thanks to Alexey, Timur, and further unnamed people who patiently answered my questions, read multiple draft documents and enabled key insights. The research assistance and translation skills of Gulniza Taalaibekova and Meerim Saipova helped to broaden the perspective of the project, and the hospitality and supportive atmosphere at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek was a backbone during the fieldwork period.Second most important are the fellow travellers and comrades who have helped shape this work and made it possible to endure the institutionalized injustice of academia while remaining defiant and hoping for a better future.

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Section: Reflections From Fieldwork and Beyondmentioning

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Post-Liberal Statebuilding in Central Asia

Lottholz

2022

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“…Essentially, there are three major actors, that have been involved in state-building in Kyrgyzstan: the government, the international community, and local civil society organizations. Following inter-communal clashes in 2010, the country has received significant support in the form of international peacebuilding and conflict prevention programs (Lottholz, 2018). Relations between Kyrgyzstan and the EU intensified after the overthrow of the Bakiyev regime.…”

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“…Despite the government's efforts at demonstrating significant accomplishments to donors and international community in post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding, the underlying issues have not been resolved (Lottholz, 2018). In the aftermath of the March 2005 overthrow of Askar Akaev, International Crisis Group (ICG) report framed Kyrgyzstan as 'a faltering state' and warned that without significant international support 'there is a real risk that... the country will drift into irreversible criminality and permanent low-level violence' (ICG, 2005).…”

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Post-Soviet State - Building in Kyrgyzstan: Behind and Beyond the Revolutions

Terzyan¹

2021

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This paper explores post-Soviet state-building in Kyrgyzstan, with a focus on the root causes of the three revolutions faced by the country. It suggests that the revolutions have not produced significant results in terms of fundamental economic and political reforms. Rather, Kyrgyzstan has turned into the Central Asian “island of instability”. The situation is compounded by deep- rooted inter-ethnic tensions, the prevalence of traditional informal institutions and weakness of democratic institutions, as well as country’s heavy reliance on international donors. The presidential elections and constitutional referendum of 2021 have provided grounds for cautious optimism. A question remains of whether and to what extent Sadyr Japarov’s ambitious agenda will translate into reality, thus leading the country to prosperity and stability.

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“…Central Asian Political Exiles database). At the same time, Western governmental cooperation with such regimes runs the risk of strengthening authoritarian conflict management (Lottholz 2018). While there are no simple answers to the difficult normative conflicts between largely individual and largely communitarian ways of living, the renewed normative and political divide between Europe and Eurasia in the post-Cold War era has not made peace research from the ground up any easier.…”

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Studying Peace in and with Central Eurasia: Starting from Local and Trans-Local Perspectives

Kreikemeyer¹

2020

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding

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In view of a crisis of liberal universalism peace research must reflect on how it is perceived, how peace is constructed in other places and how it can cope with diversity in ordering and peacebuilding. This Special Issue is an attempt to search starting points for peace research in and with Central Eurasia. The introductory concept clears a path through current research questions, normative problems and barriers of knowledge production. Considering ethnographic methodologies, it starts from the local everyday and takes an interest in how actors and institutions in concrete places and multiple socio-spatial configurations navigate conflict and peace.

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Old Slogans Ringing Hollow? The Legacy of Social Engineering, Statebuilding and the ‘Dilemma of Difference’ in (Post-) Soviet Kyrgyzstan

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Post-Liberal Statebuilding in Central Asia

Post-Liberal Statebuilding in Central Asia

Post-Soviet State - Building in Kyrgyzstan: Behind and Beyond the Revolutions

Studying Peace in and with Central Eurasia: Starting from Local and Trans-Local Perspectives

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