LEADER 05076nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910791080303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6614-8 010 $a0-8014-7848-0 010 $a0-8014-6617-2 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801466175 035 $a(CKB)2550000001192974 035 $a(EBL)3138365 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000739793 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11480007 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739793 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10698043 035 $a(PQKB)10964165 035 $a(OCoLC)849455611 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51974 035 $a(DE-B1597)478685 035 $a(OCoLC)979590988 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801466175 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138365 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10595491 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681820 035 $a(OCoLC)922998306 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138365 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001192974 100 $a20100610d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWeapons of the wealthy$b[electronic resource] $epredatory regimes and elite-led protests in Central Asia /$fScott Radnitz 210 $aIthaca, NY $cCornell University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-50538-1 311 $a0-8014-4953-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures and Tables -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNote on Transliteration -- $tIntroduction: Puzzles of People Power -- $t1. Institutional Uncertainty and Elite-Led Mobilization -- $t2. The View from Below: Communities as Sites for Collective Action -- $t3. The View from Above: State Influences on Elite Opportunities -- $t4. Linkages across Classes: The Development of Subversive Clientelism -- $t5. Mobilization in Rural Kyrgyzstan -- $t6. Elite Networks and the Tulip Revolution -- $t7. Assessing the Dynamics of Mobilization in Diverse Contexts -- $tConclusion: Political Economies, Hybrid Regimes, and Challenges to Democratization -- $tMethodological Appendix -- $tIndex 330 $aMass mobilization is among the most dramatic and inspiring forces for political change. When ordinary citizens take to the streets in large numbers, they can undermine and even topple undemocratic governments, as the recent wave of peaceful uprisings in several postcommunist states has shown. However, investigation into how protests are organized can sometimes reveal that the origins and purpose of "people power" are not as they appear on the surface. In particular, protest can be used as an instrument of elite actors to advance their own interests rather than those of the masses.Weapons of the Wealthy focuses on the region of post-Soviet Central Asia to investigate the causes of elite-led protest. In nondemocratic states, economic and political opportunities can give rise to elites who are independent of the regime, yet vulnerable to expropriation and harassment from above. In conditions of political uncertainty, elites have an incentive to cultivate support in local communities, which elites can then wield as a "weapon" against a predatory regime. Scott Radnitz builds on his in-depth fieldwork and analysis of the spatial distribution of protests to demonstrate how Kyrgyzstan's post-independence development laid the groundwork for elite-led mobilization, whereas Uzbekistan's did not.Elites often have the wherewithal and the motivation to trigger protests, as is borne out by Radnitz's more than one hundred interviews with those who participated in, observed, or avoided protests. Even Kyrgyzstan's 2005 "Tulip Revolution," which brought about the first peaceful change of power in Central Asia since independence, should be understood as a strategic action of elites rather than as an expression of the popular will. This interpretation helps account for the undemocratic nature of the successor government and the 2010 uprising that toppled it. It also serves as a warning for scholars to look critically at bottom-up political change. 606 $aDemonstrations$zKyrgyzstan 606 $aDemonstrations$zUzbekistan 606 $aPolitical participation$zKyrgyzstan 606 $aPolitical participation$zUzbekistan 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zKyrgyzstan 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zUzbekistan 607 $aKyrgyzstan$xPolitics and government$y21st century 607 $aUzbekistan$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aDemonstrations 615 0$aDemonstrations 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 676 $a958.4308/6 700 $aRadnitz$b Scott$f1978-$01532948 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791080303321 996 $aWeapons of the wealthy$93779552 997 $aUNINA