| ID | 149737 |
| Title Proper | Rural economies and leadership change in Central Asia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Markowitz, Lawrence P |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article applies a political economy approach to questions of presidential succession in Central Asia. Using the cases of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, it examines how institutions governing rural economies generate, channel and distribute rents within these authoritarian regimes. In some, these institutions concentrate rents under long-standing rulers; in others they diffuse rents away from rulers. The article then specifies obstacles to leadership change that arise from these rural economies, and the crises those obstacles may pose for authoritarian regimes in the region. |
| `In' analytical Note | Central Asian Survey Vol. 35, No.4; Dec 2016: p.514-530 |
| Journal Source | Central Asian Survey Vol: 35 No 4 |
| Key Words | Authoritarianism ; Kyrgyzstan ; Uzbekistan ; Rural Economy ; Rent seeking ; Leadership Succession |