Institutional change and political continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia : power, perceptions, and pacts / Pauline Jones Luong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Pauline (Professor of political science), author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in comparative politics.

Cambridge studies in comparative politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Representative government and representation--Kazakhstan.

Representative government and representation.

Representative government and representation--Kyrgyzstan.

Representative government and representation--Uzbekistan.

Kazakhstan--Politics and government--1991-.

Kazakhstan.

Kyrgyzstan--Politics and government--1991-.

Kyrgyzstan.

Uzbekistan--Politics and government--1991-.

Uzbekistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Institutional Change & Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The establishment of electoral systems in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan presents both a complex set of empirical puzzles and a theoretical challenge. Why did three states with similar cultural, historical, and structural legacies establish such different electoral systems? How did these distinct outcomes result from strikingly similar institutional design processes? Explaining these puzzles requires understanding not only the outcome of institutional design but also the intricacies of the process that led to this outcome. Moreover, the transitional context in which these three states designed new electoral rules necessitates an approach that explicitly links process and outcome in a dynamic setting. This book provides such an approach. Finally, it both builds on the key insights of the dominant approaches to explaining institutional origin and change and transcends these approaches by moving beyond the structure versus agency debate.

Contents:

The Continuity of Change: Old Formulas and New Institutions

Explaining Institutional Design in Transitional States: Beyond Structure Versus Agency

Sources of Continuity: the Soviet Legacy in Central Asia

Sources of Change: the Transitional Context in Central Asia

Establishing an Electoral System in Kyrgyzstan: Rise of the Regions

Establishing an Electoral System in Uzbekistan: Revenge of the Center

Establishing an Electoral System in Kazakhstan: the Center's Rise and the Regions' Revenge

Institutional Change Through Continuity: Shifting Power and Prospects for Democracy

Career Patterns of Regional Leaders in Soviet and Post-Soviet Central Asia.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12258-9

1-280-43034-6

0-511-17652-X

0-511-04139-X

0-511-15740-1

0-511-30260-6

0-511-51019-5

0-511-04753-3

OCLC:

559252554