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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464065103321

Autore

Omelicheva Mariya Y.

Titolo

Democracy in Central Asia : competing perspectives and alternative strategies / / Mariya Y. Omelicheva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8131-6070-7

0-8131-6100-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

Asia in the New Millennium

Disciplina

320.958

Soggetti

Democracy - Asia, Central

Democratization - Asia, Central

Post-communism - Asia, Central

Electronic books.

Asia, Central Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Political regimes in Central Asia : two decades after independence -- A framing perspective on democracy promotion -- Western perspectives on democracy in central asia -- Models of governance promoted by russia and china -- Central asian democracy frames -- Democracy in the public eye -- Assessing the effectiveness of democracy promotion frames.

Sommario/riassunto

Promoting democracy has long been a priority of Western foreign policy. In practice, however, international attempts to expand representative forms of government have been inconsistent and are often perceived in the West to have been failures. The states of Central Asia, in particular, seem to be ""democracy resistant,"" and their governments have continued to support various forms of authoritarianism in the decades following the Soviet Union's collapse.In  Democracy in Central Asia, Mariya Omelicheva examines the beliefs and values underlying foreign policies of the major global powers -- the