Legacy of the Soviet Union and Democratic Transition the Case of Kyrgyzstan

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2012-01-01

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Köksal, Pınar

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This article aims to look at the perceptions of citizens of Kyrgyzstan in terms of how the memory of the legacy of the Soviet era lingers on and is reevaluated in their minds in the post-Soviet era on the one hand, and how do the developments of this new era shape their perceptions of democracy on the other. Its findings are based on a field research which was conducted between 15 February 2010 and 21 April 2010 in Kyrgyzstan. The analysis of the data reveals that the developments of the independence era both resulted in a reevaluation of the Soviet past and shaped to a large extend relatively optimistic perceptions of democracy in the country.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/72392

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Orta Asya ve Kafkasya Araştırmaları Dergisi (Journal of Central Asian and Caucasian Studies

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Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Article

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P. Köksal, “Legacy of the Soviet Union and Democratic Transition the Case of Kyrgyzstan,” Orta Asya ve Kafkasya Araştırmaları Dergisi (Journal of Central Asian and Caucasian Studies, pp. 36–65, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/72392.