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Regime-Building through Controlled Opening

New Authoritarianism in Post-Karimov Uzbekistan

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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 Leadership transition • Uzbekistan • Authoritarianism

Copyright © 2019 Luca Anceschi. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-376-2/008


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