ÖZBEKSTAN’DA OTORTER REJM SYASET
AUTHORITARIAN POLITICS IN UZBEKISTAN
Author(s): Giray Saynur DermanSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Regional Geography, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Political history, Government/Political systems, Social development, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Studies in violence and power, Sociology of Culture, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Sociology of Politics
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: US; Uzbekistan; Karimov; Authoritarianism; Andijan;
Summary/Abstract: All the ex-Soviet Central Asian states have super-presidential, authoritarian regimes with poor human rights records. Uzbekistan has also had an authoritarian regime with a superpresidential government almost since independence in 1991. Ever since then, Islam Karimov has been president, re-elected without meaningful opposition on three occasions and likely to rule indefinitely without a constitutional replacement. Competing personalities and parties have been eliminated, exiled, or prevented from exercising any public opposition. This article summarizes democratic and authoritarian tendencies occurred after Uzbekistan emerged as an independent state, Uzbek parliamentary elections and Karimov Period, and US-Uzbek Relations after 9/11 and Andijan Massacre and the prospects of the future.
Journal: TURAN-SAM
- Issue Year: 6/2014
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 24-39
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English