Socio-political Reforms in Uzbekistan during the Presidency of Shavkat Mirziyoyev Cover Image

Reformy społeczno-polityczne w Uzbekistanie w czasie prezydentury Szawkata Mirzijojewa
Socio-political Reforms in Uzbekistan during the Presidency of Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Author(s): Przemysław Sieradzan
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Uzbekistan; Central Asia; reforms; liberalization; transformation; clanishness; corruption; isolationism; geopolitics

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to present various aspects of the reform process initiated and implemented by Shavkhat Mirziyoyev, the president of the Republic of Uzbekistan, since 2016. The main subjects of consideration are vectors of political change in the spheres of institutions of political power, economy and foreign policy in the broader context of the legacy of the first president Islam Karimov’s reign and the heritage of the Soviet period. The fundamental reforms have embraced democratization of political system, fight against corruption, extension of civil rights and abandoning of isolationism in international relations, and are sometimes decribed as the „Uzbek Thaw”. However they seem to be very meaningful, one will be able to evaluate their signifi cance for the statehood of the independent Uzbekistan only from the perspective of future decades.

  • Issue Year: 28/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 104-127
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish