The Kazakh Spring (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009454223)

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, digital 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.

Author: Diana T. Kudaibergen
ISBN-10: 1009454226
ISBN-13: 9781009454223
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2024
Pages: 314
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d