General Perceptions of a Good Political Leader in Kyrgyzstan

Bibliographic Data

ID6154489
AuthorsDinara Murzaeva (Middle East Technical University), Pınar Akçalı (Middle East Technical University)
Year2012
Volume4
Issue1
Pages47-54
Publication date2012-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Eurasian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1879-3665 • E-ISSN: 1879-3673
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/j.euras.2012.07.001
OpenAlexW2054665250
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

This article analyzes general perceptions of a good political leader of post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan by looking at how political leadership is perceived by the ordinary people in the country. This issue seems to be particularly important with country taking a new route – parliamentary republic and facing crisis of political leadership as a result of two revolutions of 2005 and 2010. Furthermore the article sheds some light at people's expectations which are important due to the presidential elections in fall 2011. The article looks at what type of a leader the people of Kyrgyzstan wish to see, and what are the qualities (personal or professional) a political leader must possess. In an attempt to answer these questions, the article identifies ten main qualities of a “good” political leader for Kyrgyzstan as a result of a filed study and tries to evaluate the Kyrgyz case within a broader body of literature about political leadership

Perception · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Public relations · Sociology · The Republic · Central Asia Education and Culture · Law · Psychology · Soviet and Russian History

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