Mitigation, Recovery, and Response: Democracy in Post-Covid Central Asia

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dc.contributor.authorSengupta, Anita
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-02T19:01:34Z
dc.date.available2025-01-02T19:01:34Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.descriptionThis article is reproduced here with permission from the author and may be found online at http://www.mcrg.ac.in/rw%20files/RW63/RW63.pdf.
dc.description.abstractThis article, therefore, begins with an understanding of the civil society discourse in the region with a focus on Uzbekistan where regime continuity has been a given factor of politics since Independence. It then moves on to examine two instances of protest in two of the most stable states in the region, one in Uzbekistan and another in Kazakhstan, that challenged existing regimes and the counter-narratives through which these were managed by the ruling regime. A key difference between the two is that Kazakhstan has powerful bureaucratic elites with economic interests whereas Uzbekistan has a security sector that wields substantial power with its commercial sector. However, in both, a second generation of post-Soviet leaders had promised a “New” state where the voices of the people would be heard, an assurance that remained largely on paper. The final segment looks into a combination of external factors, including security backing from Russia and economic assistance from China, that has allowed for regime continuity.
dc.identifier.citationSengupta, A. (2023). Mitigation, Recovery, and Response: Democracy in Post-Covid Central Asia. Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, 63, Spec. Iss., 59-77. http://www.mcrg.ac.in/rw%20files/RW63/RW63.pdf
dc.identifier.issn2347-405X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/42592
dc.publisherMahanirban Calcutta Research Group
dc.subjectPost-COVID
dc.subjectCentral Asia
dc.subjectUzbekistan
dc.subjectKazakhstan
dc.subjectCivil society
dc.subjectDemocracy
dc.titleMitigation, Recovery, and Response: Democracy in Post-Covid Central Asia
dc.typeArticle

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