TSentral'naia Aziia: prostranstvo "shelkovoi demokratii" : politicheskie partii  Central Asia: The Space of “Silk Democracy”: Political Parties 

• Product Details

  Product #

  1233442B

  Author(s)

  Ibragimov, T.

  City

  Almaty 

  Country

  Kazakhstan 

  Language

  Russian 

  ISBN

  9786018018497 

  Date of Publication

  2016 

  Publisher

  Predstavitel'stvo fonda im. F. Eberta v Kazakhstane  

  Cover Type

  Soft cover 

  Pages

  47 

  Subject

  Politics

   

• Product Details in Original Language

  Author

  Ибрагимов, Т.

  Publisher

  Представительство фонда им. Ф. Эберта в Казахстане  

• Description

  Central Asia: The Space of “Silk Democracy”: Political Parties The chosen topic is extensive and multifaceted, so we decided to present it in the form of a series of works united by a single title - "Central Asia: the Space of Silk Democracy". The title was chosen for symbolic reasons, as reflecting a unique regional semiotics. The concept of the "Silk Road" has long become a special brand, a calling card of Central Asia. It is so popular that it is used in various connotations: the Silk Road refers to gas and oil pipelines, railways and highways, new airlines, migration flows of people and diplomatic relations, etc. The expression "silk democracy" is used precisely to indicate a special regional flavor in such a sphere as building democracy in the specific historical, geographical, cultural and social conditions of Central Asia. But this expression is also used to describe the "silk", i.e. smooth, problem-free, controlled, often imitative process, so characteristic of this region. Finally, this symbolic expression seems to reflect the fact that, moving along the smooth "silk" road to democracy, we constantly slip into the authoritarian field, discovering for ourselves again and again a simple truth: the path to democracy cannot in fact be smooth and problem-free.