Pauline Jones Luong, Pauline Jones Luong

Institutional Change and Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia

Power, Perceptions, and Pacts

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the diversity of electoral systems in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 559g
• ISBN-13: 9780521066853
• ISBN-10: 0521066859
• Artikelnr.: 23604774

Inhaltsangabe

1. The continuity of change: old formulas and new institutions
2. Explaining institutional design in transitional states: beyond structure versus agency
3. Sources of continuity: the Soviet legacy in Central Asia
4. Sources of change: the transitional context in Central Asia
5. The electoral system in Kyrgyzstan: rise of the regions
6. The electoral system in Uzbekistan: revenge of the center
7. The electoral system in Kazakhstan: the center's rise and the regions' revenge
8. Institutional change through continuity: shifting power and prospects for democracy.