Civic Activism in Authoritarian Space - Urban Development Interventions in Kazakhstan

Citizenship under globalized governance, and how people in urban spaces manoeuvre overlapping authorities to advance their common interests. How citizens can affect change in the policy implementation process by creating spaces and opportunities for political participation.

Sommario

List of Tables
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: Kazakhstan's Exploding Third Sector
CHAPTER 2: Planning Cities to Rule States: Staking Claims to Place and Process
CHAPTER 3: Green Space Preservation in the Shadow of Spectacle: Coalition Building and Elite Challenge in Astana, Kazakhstan
CHAPTER 4: Scaffolding Democratic Processes in Urban Development: Emerging Urban Political Participation in Almaty
CHAPTER 5: Manifest Urbanity: Planning Urban Dreamscapes in Southern Kazakhstan
CHAPTER 6: Civic Interventions in City Planning: Political Participation Reconsidered
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX A: Interview Data

Info autore

Sara O'Connor is Associate Director of the Geo-SpACE Lab with California State University, Long Beach, and Lecturer in the Department of Geography.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sara O’Connor, Sara Oconnor
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032758671
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275867-1
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: Post-Soviet Politics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Central Asia, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), Marxism & Communism, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls