Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Post-Soviet Politics
Urban Development Interventions in Kazakhstan
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Post-Soviet Politics
ISBN: 978-1-032-80162-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book is about citizenship under globalized governance, and how people in urban spaces manoeuvre overlapping authorities to advance their common interests. It shows how citizens can affect change in the policy implementation process by creating spaces and opportunities for political participation, while at the same time staying “safe” and free from surveillance in settings of political repression.
The comparative case study of political participation in urban development politics in three cities in Kazakhstan, shows that, despite the centralized and authoritarian nature of Kazakhstan's government, there are variations in governance within a centralized sovereign state.
This volume offers new ways to think creatively about political activism and collective agency by describing novel, citizen-created modes of effective political participation in a non-democratic setting. It will appeal to students of political science, global studies, post-Soviet studies, natural resource politics and international development. Further, this book will be of great interest to civil society organizations, government officials and activists operating under authoritarian and transitioning regimes, or in resource rich states.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: Kazakhstan’s Exploding Third Sector: The Rise of Homegrown Civic Leadership
CHAPTER 2: Planning Cities to Rule States: Staking Claims to Place and Process
CHAPTER 3: Green Space Preservation in the Shadow of Spectacle: Activism in Development in Astana
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
APPENDIX B
