Weapons of the wealthy : predatory regimes and elite-led protests in Central Asia /

Weapons of the wealthy : predatory regimes and elite-led protests in Central Asia / Scott Radnitz.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Radnitz, Scott, 1978-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Demonstrations > Kyrgyzstan.
Demonstrations > Uzbekistan.
Political participation > Kyrgyzstan.
Political participation > Uzbekistan.
Elite (Social sciences) > Kyrgyzstan.
Elite (Social sciences) > Uzbekistan.
Demonstrations.
Elite (Social sciences)
Political participation.
Politics and government
Kyrgyzstan > Politics and government > 21st century.
Uzbekistan > Politics and government > 21st century.
Kyrgyzstan.
Uzbekistan.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : puzzles of people power
  • Institutional uncertainty and elite-led mobilization
  • The view from below : communities as sites for collective action
  • The view from above : state influences on elite opportunities
  • Linkages across classes : the development of subversive clientelism
  • Mobilization in rural Kyrgyzstan
  • Elite networks and the Tulip Revolution
  • Assessing the dynamics of mobilization in diverse contexts
  • Conclusion : political economies, hybrid regimes, and challenges to democratization.

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