Authoritarian legitimation: assessing discourses of legitimacy in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Central Asian Survey

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 481-500

  Omelicheva, Mariya Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

authoritarianism; discourse; Kazakhstan; legitimacy; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL THEORY;

KAZAKHSTAN; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 84992381877     PISSN: 02634937     EISSN: 14653354     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2016.1245181     Document Type: Article

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