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

• Autore: Omelicheva Mariya Y.
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.958
• Soggetto topico: Democracy - Asia, Central; Democratization - Asia, Central; Post-communism - Asia, Central
• Soggetto geografico: Asia, Central Politics and government
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Democracy in Central Asia
• ISBN: 0-8131-6070-7; 0-8131-6100-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826357503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Asia in the new millennium.