Neopatrimonialism, Power and Regimes in Central Asia: A Sociology of Power Analysis

Fernando Izquierdo Brichs

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Transitions towards democratic systems only begin and develop successfully if there is pressure from the population to drive them, because obviously the elites will never give up part of their powers or privileges for the sake of democracy. In Central Asia these mobilizations have generally been very weak, so the processes of accumulation of power in a few elites have been very powerful, building highly concentrated regimes of power, and political systems have acquired a neopatrimonial authoritarian character based on very few people who have managed to become powerful. The configuration of the new systems was the product of competition for power between a very limited number of elites who were not accountable to the population and its demands. In this introductory chapter we analyse these processes from the perspective of the Sociology of Power and Neopatrimonialism.
Idioma originalEnglish
Títol de la publicacióPolitical Regimes and Neopatrimonialism in Central Asia
Subtítol de la publicacióA Sociology of Power Perspective
Pàgines1-39
ISBN (electrònic)9789811590931
DOIs
Estat de la publicacióPublicada - 13 de gen. 2021

Sèrie de publicacions

NomThe Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia
EditorPalgrave Macmillan Singapore
ISSN (imprès)2524-8359
ISSN (electrònic)2524-8367

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