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Weapons of the wealthy: predatory regimes and elite-led protests in Central Asia

Weapons of the wealthy: predatory regimes and elite-led protests in Central Asia 480 Book reviews growth, and political stability under the ruling party. Mikayel Zoltan, writing on Armenia, reminds us of the importance of resources such as mass media, which can be used by opponents of the ruling elite to challenge its political domination. In Armenia, such resources were either state-run or controlled by private businesses close to the ruling elite. Vicken Cheterian states that while there were no splits within the ruling elite in Azerbaijan, the opposition was weak and divided and unable to mobilise large crowds either before or after the elections. The third group of countries – Belarus, Uzbekistan, and Russia – consists of those which prevented colour revolutions by containing and brutally repressing opposition movements. As these cases illustrate, each successive colour revolution was scrutinised not only by would-be revo- lutionaries in other countries, but also by ruling elites, for tips on containing and suppressing opposi- tion movements and limiting external influence on domestic politics. With respect to Belarus, Ustina Markus points out the relatively higher level of political repression, obstruction of independent media, and lack of cohesion among the opposition. Matteo Fumagalli and Simon Tordjman’s essay shows that Uzbekistan lacked an independent media and that no http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png East European Politics Taylor & Francis

Weapons of the wealthy: predatory regimes and elite-led protests in Central Asia

Hierman, Brent
East European Politics , Volume 28 (4): 3 – Dec 1, 2012
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480 Book reviews growth, and political stability under the ruling party. Mikayel Zoltan, writing on Armenia, reminds us of the importance of resources such as mass media, which can be used by opponents of the ruling elite to challenge its political domination. In Armenia, such resources were either state-run or controlled by private businesses close to the ruling elite. Vicken Cheterian states that while there were no splits within the ruling elite in Azerbaijan, the opposition was weak and divided and unable to mobilise large crowds either before or after the elections. The third group of countries – Belarus, Uzbekistan, and Russia – consists of those which prevented colour revolutions by containing and brutally repressing opposition movements. As these cases illustrate, each successive colour revolution was scrutinised not only by would-be revo- lutionaries in other countries, but also by ruling elites, for tips on containing and suppressing opposi- tion movements and limiting external influence on domestic politics. With respect to Belarus, Ustina Markus points out the relatively higher level of political repression, obstruction of independent media, and lack of cohesion among the opposition. Matteo Fumagalli and Simon Tordjman’s essay shows that Uzbekistan lacked an independent media and that no

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