CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Paiziev, Erali Ablazovich |
|---|---|
| Title | Gods of Central Asia: Understanding Neopatrimonialism |
| Summary | The reasons behind the amazing durability of authoritarian regimes remains among the most challenging but also the most central questions of social science. And despite the long tradition of scholars having worked on this topic, they are still far from consensus. This thesis is concerned with exploring the concept of neopatrimonialism and the relationship between formal and informal forms of political behavior in understanding and explaining forms of rule in Central Asian political landscape. The central aim of this research is to identify the key factors behind the persistence of neopatrimonialism in Central Asian states. To do so, this thesis focused on two main explanatory factors for the persistence of neopatrimonialism in Central Asia: presidentialist models of executive-legislature relations and political culture of the region. |
| Supervisor | Andras Bozoki |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/paiziev_erali.pdf |
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