The challenges for the consolidation of democracy in post-Soviet Central Asia : The case of Uzbekistan under Islam Karimov administration

This paper has as general objective to analyze the democratization process of post-Soviet Uzbekistan, seeking, within the scope of specific objectives, to understand the democratic trajectory during Islam Karimov’s administration (1991-2016). In this sense, the research argues that, contrary to what...

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Autor: Conceição, Guilherme Geremias da
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Recursos:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Conversas & Controvérsias
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/40475
Acesso em linha:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/conversasecontroversias/article/view/40475
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Central Asia
Uzbekistan
Democratization
Islam Karimov
Ásia Central
Uzbequistão
Democratização
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Resumo:This paper has as general objective to analyze the democratization process of post-Soviet Uzbekistan, seeking, within the scope of specific objectives, to understand the democratic trajectory during Islam Karimov’s administration (1991-2016). In this sense, the research argues that, contrary to what substantial part of the existing literature argues, the difficulties faced in the country’s democratization process may be in the understanding of the very concept of democracy, of a series of domestic and external factors, in addition to completely new aspects for the debate. In the development of the article, the first goal is to present the theoretical and conceptual aspects used to carry out the study, as well as a historical contextualization of the region and the recent history of Uzbekistan. Then, the democratic indicators of the Karimov government will be analyzed, identifying their particularities and the challenges that exist in the country’s democratic process.