Weapons of the Wealthy : Predatory Regimes and Elite-Led Protests in Central Asia.
Radnitz, Scott B.
Weapons of the Wealthy : Predatory Regimes and Elite-Led Protests in Central Asia. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction: Puzzles of People Power -- 1. Institutional Uncertainty and Elite-Led Mobilization -- 2. The View from Below: Communities as Sites for Collective Action -- 3. The View from Above: State Influences on Elite Opportunities -- 4. Linkages across Classes: The Development of Subversive Clientelism -- 5. Mobilization in Rural Kyrgyzstan -- 6. Elite Networks and the Tulip Revolution -- 7. Assessing the Dynamics of Mobilization in Diverse Contexts -- Conclusion: Political Economies, Hybrid Regimes, and Challenges to Democratization -- Methodological Appendix -- Index.
Focusing on the region of post-Soviet Central Asia, Radnitz investigates the causes of elite-led protest in nondemocratic states, where economic and political opportunities create elites who are independent of the regime, yet vulnerable to harassment.
9780801466175
Demonstrations -- Kyrgyzstan.
Demonstrations -- Uzbekistan.
Political participation -- Kyrgyzstan.
Political participation -- Uzbekistan.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Kyrgyzstan.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Uzbekistan.
Kyrgyzstan -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Electronic books.
DK918
958.4308/6
Weapons of the Wealthy : Predatory Regimes and Elite-Led Protests in Central Asia. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction: Puzzles of People Power -- 1. Institutional Uncertainty and Elite-Led Mobilization -- 2. The View from Below: Communities as Sites for Collective Action -- 3. The View from Above: State Influences on Elite Opportunities -- 4. Linkages across Classes: The Development of Subversive Clientelism -- 5. Mobilization in Rural Kyrgyzstan -- 6. Elite Networks and the Tulip Revolution -- 7. Assessing the Dynamics of Mobilization in Diverse Contexts -- Conclusion: Political Economies, Hybrid Regimes, and Challenges to Democratization -- Methodological Appendix -- Index.
Focusing on the region of post-Soviet Central Asia, Radnitz investigates the causes of elite-led protest in nondemocratic states, where economic and political opportunities create elites who are independent of the regime, yet vulnerable to harassment.
9780801466175
Demonstrations -- Kyrgyzstan.
Demonstrations -- Uzbekistan.
Political participation -- Kyrgyzstan.
Political participation -- Uzbekistan.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Kyrgyzstan.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Uzbekistan.
Kyrgyzstan -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Electronic books.
DK918
958.4308/6