Offering a single, coherent framework of the political, economic, and social phenomena that
characterize post-communist regimes, this is the most comprehensive work on the subject to …

This book investigates the working mechanisms of public opinion in Late Republican Rome
as a part of informal politics. It explores the political interaction (and sometimes opposition) …

Since Soviet collapse, the independent republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have faced tremendous political, economic, and security …

Ruling elites can use the symbolism of major dams to gain legitimacy and bolster a sense of
national identity and patriotism. The Rogun Dam in Tajikistan is a gigantic hydraulic …

Much of the existing literature on nation-building in Central Asia offers a statist top-down
approach which focuses on how the nation and nationhood is “imagined” by political elites …

Contrary to our stereotypical views, dictators often introduce elections in which they refrain
from employing blatant electoral fraud. Why do electoral reforms happen in autocracies? Do …

Informed by in-depth case studies focusing on a wide spectrum of micro and macro post-
socialist realities, this book demonstrates the multi-faceted nature of informality and …

The article explores the concept of political postcolonialism and how political groups
appropriate and contest this discourse. Elites and contesting political groups utilise …

This article proposes a comparison of the attitudes of the first and second presidents of
Turkmenistan to discuss possible overlap between personality cult, as it has been initiated …

Russian politics has been characterised by increasing cultural and political conservatism
since Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency. This article argues that Putin's turn to cultural …