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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Omelicheva, Mariya Y., author.

Series:

Asia in the new millennium.

Asia in the New Millennium

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Asia, Central.

Democracy.

Democratization--Asia, Central.

Democratization.

Post-communism--Asia, Central.

Post-communism.

Asia, Central--Politics and government.

Asia, Central.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813160702

0813160707

9780813161006

0813161002

OCLC:

910326297