The Kazakh Spring - Digital Activism and the Challenge to Dictatorship

"Combining original interview data, digital ethnography and contentious politics studies, Kudaibergenova argues that the new generation of activists have been able to de-legitimise and counter one of the most resilient authoritarianism regimes and inspire mass protests that none of the formalised opposition ever imagined possible in Kazakhstan"--

Sommario

Introduction; 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.

Info autore

Diana T. Kudaibergen is a political sociologist. She teaches sociology at the University of Cambridge where she is also a fellow at Homerton College.

Riassunto

Combining original interview data, digital ethnography and contentious politics studies, Kudaibergenova argues that the new generation of activists have been able to de-legitimise and counter one of the most resilient authoritarianism regimes and inspire mass protests that none of the formalised opposition ever imagined possible in Kazakhstan.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Diana T. Kudaibergen
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781009454261
• ISBN: 978-1-00-945426-1
• Dimensioni: 151 mm x 228 mm x 16 mm
• Peso: 470 g
• Illustrazioni: Worked examples or Exercises
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Comparative Politics