TY  - GEN
A1  - Berg, Andrea
T1  - Dynastie oder Demokratie? : Die Personalisierung des Staates in Zentralasien
T1  - Dynasty or democracy? : The personalisation of the state in Central Asia
N2  - The increasing concentration of power in the hands of the presidential families in all Central Asian states led to the personalisation of the state during the last years. The presidents successfully established neo-patrimonial, authoritarian regimes with a high level of consolidation but without fulfilling the criterion of democracy. The article explores the strategies the presidents use to maintain their authority and discusses which political developments can be expected concerning the question of succession.
KW  - Zentralasien
KW  - Wechsel
KW  - Hybridstaaten
KW  - neopatrimoniale Regierungen
KW  - Central Asia
KW  - transition
KW  - hybrid states
KW  - neo-patrimonial regimes
Y1  - 2004
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47405
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Geiß, Paul Georg
T1  - Regionalismus und Staatlichkeit in Turkmenistan
T1  - Regionalism and statehood in Turkmenistan
N2  - Regionalism in Central Asia is often identified with the dominance of tribal affiliations in politics. This classification, however, is problematic because it neglects the extent of social change under the Soviet rule. In Soviet Turkmenistan state structures were relatively strong. However, personal relations within the Communist party had preserved patrimonial elements within the state. The dissolution of the Soviet Union led to a stronger patrimonialization of authority relations. In Turkmenistan, this process led to an extreme form of a neo-patrimonial state due to the personal and arbitrary rule of its president Nijazov.
KW  - Zentralasien
KW  - Wechsel
KW  - neopatrimonialer Staat
KW  - Regionalismus
KW  - Central Asia
KW  - transition
KW  - neo-patrimonial state
KW  - regionalism
Y1  - 2004
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-11650
ER  -