Protest mobilisation and democratisation in Kazakhstan (1992 - 2009)

Thesis

This thesis consists of two objectives which divide it into two parts. Thus, part one explores the cyclicity of protest mobilisation in post-Soviet Kazakhstan in the 1992–2009 period and part two investigates the relationship between protest mobilisation and democratisation in the 1990s, a decade marked by early progress in democratisation followed by an abrupt reversal to authoritarianism.

Acknowledging the existence of numerous competing explanations of protest cyclicity, the first...

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Authors: Niyazbekov, N

• Publication date: 2013
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-8n4bd4rbg
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: post-Soviet politics; Central Asian politics; collective action; Kazakhstan; protest mobilisation; democratisation; social movements
• Subjects: Political science; Russia and Eurasia; Conflict; Civil society; Social psychology; Civil Rights; Democratic government