Weapons of the wealthy
Subtitle: predatory regimes and elite-led protests in Central Asia
By: Scott Radnitz
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801449536
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : puzzles of people power; title: Institutional uncertainty and elite-led mobilization; title: The view from below : communities as sites for collective action; title: The view from above : state influences on elite opportunities; title: Linkages across classes : the development of subversive clientelism; title: Mobilization in rural Kyrgyzstan; title: Elite networks and the Tulip Revolution; title: Assessing the dynamics of mobilization in diverse contexts; title: Conclusion : political economies, hybrid regimes, and challenges to democratization.