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Party System Formation in Kazakhstan: Between Formal and Informal Politics book cover

1st Edition

Party System Formation in Kazakhstan Between Formal and Informal Politics

By Rico Isaacs Copyright 2011
240 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge
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Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asian states have developed liberal-constitutional formal institutions. However, at the same time, political phenomena in Central Asia are shaped by informal political behaviour and relations. This relationship is now a critical issue affecting democratization and regime consolidation processes in former Soviet Central Asia, and this book provides... Read more
1. Introduction: In-between the Informal and Formal - Introducing Party Development in Kazakhstan and Central Asia  2. Neopatrimonialism and Party Development: A Framework for Analysis  3. Uncertain Transition: The Development of Neopatrimonialism in Kazakhstan  4. The Institutional Constraints on Political Parties: Presidency, Elections and the Law on Political Parties  5. What Type of Parties? Membership, Organisation, Ideology and Behavioural Norms  6. Passiveness and Disconnection: Parties and Society in Kazakhstan  7. Conclusion: Patrimonial Politics and Party Development Beyond Kazakhstan

Biography

Rico Isaacs is a Lecturer in International Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK. His research interests include the relationship between formal and informal politics, institutional development and authoritarianism and democracy in the former Soviet Union.

In his text, Rico Isaacs explains how Kazakh society has avoided fragmentation along party lines by showing that Kazakh political parties do not operate on ethnic, religious, or racial grounds, while, in contrast, the experience in Kyrgyzstan exposes how the "ethnic card" can easily be played in Central Asia. Isaacs offers an innovative analysis of post-Soviet Central Asian politics. The book is based on a PhD thesis rich in theoretical interpretation, in-depth fieldwork, and historical analysis as the author takes into account the spectrum of external global and regional influences on party politics in Kazakhstan.

Farkhad Alimukhamedov PhD

Turgut Özal University, Ankara

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