Pandemic Politics in Central Asia

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dc.alternateIdentifier9781040842485
dc.alternateIdentifier9781040844229
dc.alternateIdentifier9781003701071
dc.alternateIdentifier10.4324/9781003701071
dc.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
dc.creatorAnceschi, Luca
dc.date20260520
dc.date2026-05-19T12:46:01Z
dc.date2026-05-19T12:46:01Z
dc.date2026
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T15:08:59Z
dc.descriptionThis book examines how the authoritarian regimes of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan exploited the Covid-19 pandemic to consolidate their political control over Central Asia. Through restrictive policies and strategic manipulation, these governments reshaped the region’s politics and societies during 2020–2022. This volume offers readers an insight into three key areas where Central Asia’s pandemic power grab was most visible: mobility control, whereby restrictive legislation limited freedom of movement and suppressed dissent; authoritarian information flows, whereby COVID-19–related measures aligned media and digital information to government messaging, further curtailing freedom of expression; and the international politics of the pandemic, whereby the regimes capitalised on global instability to strengthen their kleptocratic hold over Central Asia’s politics and society. This book provides a detailed analysis of these strategies, offering a compelling exploration of how crises can be used to entrench authoritarianism. It is ideal for scholars, students, and professionals in political science, international relations, and Central Asian Studies. The book is also valuable to readers interested in understanding the intersection between public health crises and authoritarian governance. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
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dc.identifierONIX_20260519T105720_9781040842485_25
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dc.identifierdoi10.4324/9781003701071
dc.imprintRoutledge
dc.languageeng
dc.licenseConditionAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.pages222
dc.placepublicationOxford
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisherRoutledge
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dc.source9781040842485.pdf
dc.subjectAuthoritarian governance
dc.subjectMobility restrictions
dc.subjectInformation control
dc.subjectMedia repression
dc.subjectCrisis exploitation
dc.subjectKleptocracy studies
dc.subjectPandemic crisis authoritarian consolidation
dc.subjectthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
dc.subjectthema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine
dc.subjectthema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFJ Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics::VFJB Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions
dc.subjectthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history
dc.subjectthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHX Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship
dc.titlePandemic Politics in Central Asia

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