Free Download Civic Activism in Authoritarian Space: Urban Development Interventions in Kazakhstan (Post-Soviet Politics) by Sara O'Connor
English | March 31, 2025 | ISBN: 1032758678 | True EPUB | 168 pages | 1 MB
This book is about citizenship under globalized governance, and how people in urban spaces maneuver overlapping authorities to advance their common interests. It shows how citizens can affect change in the policy implementation process by creating spaces and opportunities for political participation, while at the same time staying safe and free from surveillance in settings of political repression. The comparative case study of political participation in urban development politics in three cities in Kazakhstan shows that despite the centralized and authoritarian nature of Kazakhstan's government, there are variations in governance within a centralized sovereign state.