Book contents
- The Kazakh Spring
- The Kazakh Spring
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 What Is the Kazakh Spring?
- 2 Who Are Oyan, Qazaqstan?
- 3 Deconstructing Vlastʼ
- 4 Performing the State, Performing the Protest
- 5 Generation Q and Decolonizing Alash
- 6 The Public Square and the Body under Authoritarian Pressures
- 7 Queering the Public Sphere
- 8 Making Sense of the Bloody January 2022 Mass Protests
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2024
- The Kazakh Spring
- The Kazakh Spring
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 What Is the Kazakh Spring?
- 2 Who Are Oyan, Qazaqstan?
- 3 Deconstructing Vlastʼ
- 4 Performing the State, Performing the Protest
- 5 Generation Q and Decolonizing Alash
- 6 The Public Square and the Body under Authoritarian Pressures
- 7 Queering the Public Sphere
- 8 Making Sense of the Bloody January 2022 Mass Protests
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
Summary
The introduction provides the contextual and theoretical foundations of the book. It introduces the main argument that the Kazakh Spring is not a movement but a field of political possibilities capable of changing the established political value system. The Kazakh Spring has different actors and ideas connected by the common sense of solidarity and the urge for democratization. The book argues that the Kazakh Spring frames democratization hrough the radical remaking of the rules of the game that define the political in Kazakhstan. This means a consistent demand for the change of formal institutions that the regime has monopolized to sustain its powers and durability, namely, the laws, elections, and bodies of the state such as parliament, local municipal bodies, and public offices, but also free and independent media.
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- The Kazakh SpringDigital Activism and the Challenge to Dictatorship, pp. 1 - 34Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024