Format:
Online-Ressource (231 p)
ISBN:
9780813160689
Series Statement:
Asia in the New Millennium
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Political Regimes in Central Asia; 2 A Framing Perspective on Democracy Promotion; 3 Western Perspectives on Democracy in Central Asia; 4 Models of Governance Promoted by Russia and China; 5 Central Asian Democracy Frames; 6 Democracy in the Public Eye; 7 Assessing the Effectiveness of Democracy Promotion Frames; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813160696
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813160689
Additional Edition:
Print version Democracy in Central Asia : Competing Perspectives and Alternative Strategies
Language:
English
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