Central Asian Alternatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3779425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vladimir E Khanin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 77-94 |
| Publication date | 2003-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1061-1959 • E-ISSN: 1558-092X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2753/aae1061-1959410477 |
| OpenAlex | W2001775991 |
| Language | EN |
There is not a single state formed after the collapse of the USSR that did not aspire to create a modern open society and a corresponding democratic secular state of the Western type. Nevertheless, in almost every one of them, various versions of the "authoritarian" political model were established, based on the personal power of political leaders (presidents). This also applies to the republics of postcommunist Central Asia, whose presidents, personifying the ideology of independence, "appropriated the functions that used to be typical of general secretaries of the communist party in Soviet times."1
Authoritarianism · Communism · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Ideology · Physics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Soviet and Russian History
| Highly cited | No |
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