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OverviewHow 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Diana T. Kudaibergen (University of Cambridge)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781009454261ISBN 10: 1009454269 Pages: 314 Publication Date: 23 May 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. What is the Kazakh Spring? 2. Who are Oyan, Qazaqstan?; 3. Deconstructing Vlast'; 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 (with Marlene Laruelle); Conclusions.ReviewsAuthor InformationDiana T. Kudaibergen is a political sociologist. She teaches sociology at the University of Cambridge where she is also a fellow at Homerton College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |