Pandemic Politics in Central Asia
This book examines how the authoritarian regimes of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan exploited the Covid-19 pandemic to consolidate their political control over Central Asia. Through restrictive policies and strategic manipulation, these governments reshaped the region’s politics and societi...
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| author | Anceschi, Luca |
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| description | This book examines how the authoritarian regimes of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan exploited the Covid-19 pandemic to consolidate their political control over Central Asia. Through restrictive policies and strategic manipulation, these governments reshaped the region’s politics and societies during 2020–2022. This volume offers readers an insight into three key areas where Central Asia’s pandemic power grab was most visible: mobility control, whereby restrictive legislation limited freedom of movement and suppressed dissent; authoritarian information flows, whereby COVID-19–related measures aligned media and digital information to government messaging, further curtailing freedom of expression; and the international politics of the pandemic, whereby the regimes capitalised on global instability to strengthen their kleptocratic hold over Central Asia’s politics and society. This book provides a detailed analysis of these strategies, offering a compelling exploration of how crises can be used to entrench authoritarianism. It is ideal for scholars, students, and professionals in political science, international relations, and Central Asian Studies. The book is also valuable to readers interested in understanding the intersection between public health crises and authoritarian governance. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1766022026-06-05T05:21:33Z Pandemic Politics in Central Asia Anceschi, Luca Authoritarian governance Mobility restrictions Information control Media repression Crisis exploitation Kleptocracy studies Pandemic crisis authoritarian consolidation thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFJ Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics::VFJB Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHX Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship This book examines how the authoritarian regimes of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan exploited the Covid-19 pandemic to consolidate their political control over Central Asia. Through restrictive policies and strategic manipulation, these governments reshaped the region’s politics and societies during 2020–2022. This volume offers readers an insight into three key areas where Central Asia’s pandemic power grab was most visible: mobility control, whereby restrictive legislation limited freedom of movement and suppressed dissent; authoritarian information flows, whereby COVID-19–related measures aligned media and digital information to government messaging, further curtailing freedom of expression; and the international politics of the pandemic, whereby the regimes capitalised on global instability to strengthen their kleptocratic hold over Central Asia’s politics and society. This book provides a detailed analysis of these strategies, offering a compelling exploration of how crises can be used to entrench authoritarianism. It is ideal for scholars, students, and professionals in political science, international relations, and Central Asian Studies. The book is also valuable to readers interested in understanding the intersection between public health crises and authoritarian governance. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. 2026-05-20T06:00:02Z 2026-05-20T06:00:02Z 2026-05-19T12:46:01Z 2026 book ONIX_20260519T105720_9781040842485_25 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/113185 9781040842485 9781040844229 9781003701071 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176602 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/113185/1/9781040842485.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/113185/1/9781040842485.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/113185/1/9781040842485.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003701071 10.4324/9781003701071 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781040842485 9781040844229 9781003701071 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Routledge 222 Oxford [...] open access |
| spellingShingle | Authoritarian governance Mobility restrictions Information control Media repression Crisis exploitation Kleptocracy studies Pandemic crisis authoritarian consolidation thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFJ Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics::VFJB Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHX Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship Anceschi, Luca Pandemic Politics in Central Asia |
| title | Pandemic Politics in Central Asia |
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| topic | Authoritarian governance Mobility restrictions Information control Media repression Crisis exploitation Kleptocracy studies Pandemic crisis authoritarian consolidation thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFJ Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics::VFJB Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHX Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship |
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