Post-violence regime survival and expansion in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan

Marat, Erica

doi:10.1080/02634937.2016.1246415

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“…When the implementation of the early retirement scheme started in spring 2017, a series of activities, consulting sessions, and trainings were organized by CAC in Aqtau. Entrusted by the national holding Samruk-Kazyna with supporting workers' "social adaptation" (sotsialnaya adaptatsiya) to the new reality, the center was heir to a previous institution: the Center of Social Partnership, a research institute created after the Zhanaozen events with the aim of collecting thorough information on social issues in conflict-prone, remote areas with the intent to "better police the population," 48 as well as monitoring job satisfaction among workers of state enterprises and the connected risks of labor unrest.…”

Section: From Dependency Mindset To Entrepreneurial Precaritymentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimize! Oil, Labor, and Authoritarian Neoliberalism in Kazakhstan

Totaro

2023

Inter. Labor Working-Class Hist.

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“Optimizatsiya is a beautiful word while sokrashchenie (Rus.: ‘dismissals’) is not,” Kuspan remarked to me, referring to the ongoing restructuring of the oil service company where he had worked as a mechanic for the previous twenty years. It was the middle of 2017, almost three years after world oil prices plummeted in 2014, ending the bonanza that fueled Kazakhstan's double-digit economic growth since the early 2000s. As oil prices continued to decrease—bottoming out at around $30/barrel in early 2016—transnational oil corporations readily put on hold their expansion projects in the country, reducing the demand for drilling, construction, and transportation services. Thousands of workers were fired by subcontracting companies in order to “optimize” the production process, as corporate jargon put it.

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Section: From Dependency Mindset To Entrepreneurial Precaritymentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimize! Oil, Labor, and Authoritarian Neoliberalism in Kazakhstan

Totaro

2023

Inter. Labor Working-Class Hist.

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“…The authoritarian regimes that are characterized by certain elements of independent media and civil society are less reliant on repressive toolkits (Tilly, 2003;Marat, 2016).…”

Section: On the Theory Of State Repressionmentioning

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“…By late 1990s, in all three states typical repression patterns took the form of "transformative violence" (Marat, 2016), that has been often regarded as "inconsistent repression" (Francisco, 2004). The latter redefined the ways in which governments treat opposition groups and the society in general.…”

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The Politics of Repression in Central Asia: The Cases of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

Terzyan¹

2020

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This paper explores the landscape of repressive politics in the three Central Asian states of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan with an emphasis on the phase of “transformative violence” and the patterns of inconsistent repression. It argues that repressions alone cannot guarantee the longevity of authoritarian regimes. It is for this reason that the Central Asian authoritarian leaders consistently come up with discursive justifications of repression, not least through portraying it as a necessary tool for progress or security. While the new Central Asian leaders’ discourses are characterized by liberal narratives, the illiberal practices keep prevailing across these countries.

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“…Yet the President succeeded at purging the political space of all forms of criticism. His opponents were killed, imprisoned, forced underground, and only a few managed to leave the country (Lewis, 2014;Marat, 2016).…”

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“We are hope, you are the eternal khan.” Authoritarian regimes and protest opportunities in Central Asia

Shukuralieva

2019

10.14746/pp

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Celem niniejszego tekstu jest analiza politycznych uwarunkowań funkcjonowania opozycji oraz praktyk kontestacyjnych w reżimach niedemokratycznych Azji Centralnej. Oparcie analizy na pięciu krajach o zróżnicowanym nasileniu autorytaryzmu pozwala prześledzić zależności pomiędzy kontekstem politycznym i działaniami protestacyjnymi, które w różnej, uwarunkowanej strukturą władzy, formie występowały we wszystkich pięciu krajach regionu. Artykuł, posługując się przykładem krajów Azji Centralnej, dostarcza empirycznej dokumentacji pomysłów o istnieniu wzajemnej zależności między repertuarami kontestacji a typami reżimu politycznego. Ponadto eksponuje on rolę aktywizmu internetowego w informowaniu, mobilizowaniu opinii publicznej, skłanianiu do wyrażania opinii, gromadzeniu różnych zasobów, prowokowaniu poparcia oraz budowaniu sieci relacji w ramach społeczeństwa obywatelskiego. Wreszcie, jak wskazuje niniejszy tekst, im większy poziom represyjności reżimu, tym mniej możliwości użycia tradycyjnych form kontestacji, a w skrajnych przypadkach kontestacja ogranicza się do przestrzeni online.

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Post-violence regime survival and expansion in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan

Cited by 19 publications

References 28 publications

Optimize! Oil, Labor, and Authoritarian Neoliberalism in Kazakhstan

Optimize! Oil, Labor, and Authoritarian Neoliberalism in Kazakhstan

The Politics of Repression in Central Asia: The Cases of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

“We are hope, you are the eternal khan.” Authoritarian regimes and protest opportunities in Central Asia

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