The impact of state weakness on citizenship a case study of Kyrgyzstan

Bibliographic Data

ID6180898
AuthorsVanessa Ruget (0000-0001-8651-6881, OSCE Academy in Kyrgyzstan, 9, Granville Road, # 2, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States), Burul Usmanalieva (Social Research Fund “InfoHelp”, Academy of Science of the Kyrgyz Republic, Chuy Street, 265A, Room 412 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
Year2007
Volume40
Issue4
Pages441-458
Publication date2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/j.postcomstud.2007.10.002
OpenAlexW2073653022
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited17

This article, using contemporary Kyrgyzstan as a case study, examines how state weakness is both reflected and reinforced at the citizens’ level. Based upon field research conducted in April and May 2007, we discuss three hypotheses. First, the inability of the state to provide essential goods and services and has deterred citizens’ willingness to fulfill their responsibilities such as paying taxes, respecting the laws, and serving in the army. Second, citizens have lost trust in their regime; some directly confront the state by joining demonstrations, strikes, and other protest activities. Finally, state weakness has negatively influenced the feeling of collective membership and reinforced sub-national identities. Declining loyalty is particularly evident among the citizens who have left the country in the prospect of better employment abroad

Citizenship · Economics · Feeling · Loyalty · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · State (computer science · Weakness · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Philippine History and Culture · Psychology · Soviet and Russian History · Law · Social Psychology

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