A Partnership for Central Asia

Starr, S. Frederick

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“…However, these debates are centered on only one side of the coin; they are predominantly based on Western val-ues and largely ignore local conditions and social norms of Uzbek society, which are realized in the mahalla system. As Starr (2005) noted, democracy cannot be built in Central Asia in the absence of key reforms, particularly at the local level. Consequently, people obey laws that reproduce social norms and are prone to disobeying laws that are not compatible with social norms (Cooter 1996).…”

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Law, Social Norms and Welfare as Means of Public Administration: Case Study of Mahalla Institutions in Uzbekistan

Urinboyev¹

2011

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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Despite numerous challenges, since its independence, Uzbekistan, with the exception of the May 2005 Andijan events, has enjoyed extraordinary political stability and not recorded any considerable cases of interethnic or interfaith confl ict, regime change or civil war, whereas neighboring Kyrgyzstan, labeled an "island of democracy" by the Western world, has experienced numerous confl icts and chaos, ranging from "color revolutions" to ethnic confl ict. However, for understanding Uzbekistan's ability to cope with internal and external challenges, little recourse is made to the post-independence discourse on public administration known as "mahalla reforms". In spite of the signifi cant existing body of literature on the mahalla, there has been little systematic scholarly investigation of the role of mahalla in maintaining political stability and security in Uzbekistan. Previous studies did not provide an account of how the law, social norms and welfare come to interplay in the mahalla system and how this infl uences the public administration developments in Uzbekistan. Th is paper begins to redress this lacuna by analyzing public-administration reforms in post-independence Uzbekistan, namely mahalla reforms, with an eff ort to show how political and social stability is established through mahalla, and to what extent those reforms have aff ected the position of individuals vis-à-vis the publicadministration system. In undertaking this task, the paper employs three theoretical concepts: the theory of norms, the welfare-pentagon model and the theory of social control. In this paper, I argue that public-administration reforms since 1991 have transformed mahalla into a comprehensive system of social control; and therefore, mahalla can be places of democratic involvement or sites of authoritarianism in Uzbekistan.

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Law, Social Norms and Welfare as Means of Public Administration: Case Study of Mahalla Institutions in Uzbekistan

Urinboyev¹

2011

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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“…Among American authors it is necessary to point out Martha Brill Olcott (Olcott, 2005), whose optimism about the situation in Afghanistan has already been mentioned at the Introduction, and Frederic Starr, who, indicating the link of Afghanistan with the other republics of Central Asia, put forward an idea about creation of regional forum "Greater Central Asia Partnership for Cooperation and Development". It should be a union headed by Afghanistan, which might become a model for regional subjects on the issues of democratization and development under the supervision of USA (Starr, 2005).…”

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Central Asia Security Problems in the Context of Coalition Troops Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Beloglazov

2015

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The importance of the problem under study is suggested by the geopolitical significance of Central Asia, increased threat to its security on behalf of radical Islamism, as well as ended coalition troops withdrawal from Afghanistan by the beginning of 2015. The article is intended to analyze the link between the withdrawals of International Security Assistance Force from Afghanistan and the modern security challenges of Central Asia, also to determine counteraction to these threats. The main approach to the study of the problem is geopolitical analysis of the region and threats to its security. During the study there were pointed out such factors as the penetration of Islamic extremists into the region from Afghanistan, maintenance of US military bases, as well as the feasibility of emergence of destructive political developments, like "Arab spring". The particular emphasis is given to the role of Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Collective Security Treaty Organization in providing regional security and preventing destructive scenario. The materials of the article might be useful in conducting scientific research on the issues of Central Asia, providing lectures and seminars in training, also working out mechanisms of counteraction to the treats of regional security.

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“…As Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at John Hopkins University wrote, "There is no fast track to democracy in Central Asia; democracy cannot be built in the absence of key reforms, especially at the local level, and those can only come from working patiently with other governments, however frustrating this may be at times." 20 The political evolution of the Uzbek regime is a thorny issue and is especially relevant in light of the forthcoming transition in the country's top leadership in the scheduled presidential elections in 2007. Through their strengthened alliance with Uzbekistan, Russia and its regional partners will most likely seek cautiously to adapt the country to their own standards by assisting in a step-by-step, soft transformation of the regime in the direction of mild authoritarianism.…”

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Uzbekistan's state‐building fatigue

Наумкин¹

2006

The Washington Quarterly

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A Partnership for Central Asia

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Law, Social Norms and Welfare as Means of Public Administration: Case Study of Mahalla Institutions in Uzbekistan

Law, Social Norms and Welfare as Means of Public Administration: Case Study of Mahalla Institutions in Uzbekistan

Central Asia Security Problems in the Context of Coalition Troops Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Uzbekistan's state‐building fatigue

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