Kazakh Spring : Activism and the Challenge to Dictatorship, Paperback

by Diana T. Kudaibergen

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Kazakh Spring : Activism and the Challenge to Dictatorship, Paperback by Kudaibergen, Diana T., ISBN 1009454269, ISBN-13 9781009454261, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US How can a de-institutionalised protest movement disrupt a solidified, repressive and extremely resilient authoritarian regime? Using the context of the Kazakh Spring protests (2019–ongoing), Diana T. Kudaibergen focuses on how the interplay between a repressive regime and democratisation struggles define and shape each other. Combining original interview data, ethnography and contentious politics studies, she argues that the new generation of activists, including Instagram political influencers and renowned public intellectuals, have been able to de-legitimise and counter one of the most resilient authoritarian regimes and inspire mass protests that none of the formalised opposition ever imagined possible in Kazakhstan. 'The Kazakh Spring' is the first book to detail the emergence of this political field of opportunities that allowed the possibility to rethink the political limits in Kazakhstan, essentially toppling the long-term dictator in unprecedented mass protests of the Bloody January 2022.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2024
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9781009454261
• Condition: Fine

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