04233nam 22006255 450 991058663350332120230810175403.09783031065361(electronic bk.)978303106535410.1007/978-3-031-06536-1(MiAaPQ)EBC7073381(Au-PeEL)EBL7073381(CKB)24429525700041(DE-He213)978-3-031-06536-1(PPN)266262414(EXLCZ)992442952570004120220813d2022 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPolitical Opposition in Authoritarianism Exit, Voice and Loyalty in Kazakhstan /by Rico Isaacs1st ed. 2022.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2022.1 online resource (168 pages)The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy,2947-4477Print version: Isaacs, Rico Political Opposition in Authoritarianism Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031065354 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction: Authoritarian Institutions, Regimes and Political Opposition -- 2. Defining, Conceptualising and Theorising Opposition-Regime Relations in Authoritarian Regimes -- 3. Exit, Voice, Loyalty: An Analytical Framework for Opposition Agency in Authoritarian Regimes -- 4. The Development of a Personalist-Authoritarianism Regime in Kazakhstan -- 5. Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Opposition Strategies and Choice from above in Kazakhstan -- 6. Non-Oligarchic Public Voice in Kazakhstan from Below 2011-2022 -- 7. Conclusion.How might political opposition shape regime outcomes over time in an authoritarian system? Most studies on political opposition in authoritarian contexts tend to focus on the agency of the regime over and above that of the political opposition. Using Albert Hirschman’s framework of exit, voice and loyalty, this book examines the case of Kazakhstani opposition agency over 30 years to explore the extent to which political opposition in Kazakhstan has shaped the dynamics of authoritarian regime development in the country. What the analysis reveals is that in Kazakhstan the regime has tended to treat formal institutional political opposition as neither a credible nor non-credible threat. Consequently, the Kazakhstani regime has always responded to opposition exit and voice with sanctions and institutional adaption which strengthened the regime in the short to medium term, but left them exposed to spontaneous, grassroots non-institutional opposition in the longer term. This spontaneous grassroots opposition emerged in Kazakhstan as a series of ‘shocks’ crystalised in the 2011 events in Zhanaozen, the 2016 land protests, the 2019 election protests and the events of ‘qandy qantar’ (bloody January) in 2022. What this book illustrates is how authoritarian regimes which treat opposition threats ambiguously are likely to end up in a continuous state of instability because the feedback provided by opposition agency disappears leaving the regime susceptible to spontaneous opposition. Rico Isaacs is Professor of International Politics at the University of Lincoln, UK.The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy,2947-4477Comparative governmentAsiaPolitics and governmentPolitical scienceComparative PoliticsAsian PoliticsPolitical TheoryGovernance and GovernmentComparative government.AsiaPolitics and government.Political science.Comparative Politics.Asian Politics.Political Theory.Governance and Government.322.4958.43086Isaacs Rico1206634MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910586633503321Political Opposition in Authoritarianism2905928UNINA