Authoritarian Regime Stability in Uzbekistan under Patronal President Islam Karimov

This paper investigates the nature of Uzbekistan’s political system under President Islam Karimov through the lenses of patronal presidentialism to explain the factors conducive to the durability of the current regime. The paper argues that the longevity of the authoritarian regime in Uzbekistan can be best understood by a methodology that reconciles the propositions of institutional analysis of authoritarian rule with con- ventional methods of maintaining power such as coercion and patronage. Revealing the limitation of mainstream literature that overemphasizes neopatrimonialism and informality to understand domestic politics, the paper asserts that patronal president Islam Karimov assumed multiple instruments of power at the intersection of state and economy, which ensured regime stability in Uzbekistan until his death in 2016.

Author

• Zakirov, Bekzod

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.30965/22142290-12340005

Keyword

• Islam Karimov
• patronage politics
• authoritarian regime stability
• Uzbekistan
• patronal presidentialism

Date created

• 2021

Related url

•  https://brill.com/view/journals/caa/caa-overview.xml

Type of Work

• Article

Source

• 22142290-12340005

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Central Asian Affairs Journal

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/work/zp38wd43h

In Collection:

• Central Asian Affairs

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